CVE-2023-54178
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Publication date: 2025-12-30

Last updated on: 2025-12-31

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: unittest: fix null pointer dereferencing in of_unittest_find_node_by_name() when kmalloc() fail to allocate memory in kasprintf(), name or full_name will be NULL, strcmp() will cause null pointer dereference.
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Published
2025-12-30
Last Modified
2025-12-31
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2026-05-07
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2025-12-30
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-05
NVD
CVE-2023-54178
EUVD
EUVD-2023-60463
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Currently, no data is known.
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CWE-UNKNOWN
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

This vulnerability occurs in the Linux kernel's unittest component, specifically in the function of_unittest_find_node_by_name(). When the kmalloc() function fails to allocate memory in kasprintf(), the variables 'name' or 'full_name' become NULL. Subsequently, a call to strcmp() with these NULL pointers causes a null pointer dereference, leading to a potential crash or undefined behavior.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

The impact of this vulnerability is that it can cause the Linux kernel to dereference a NULL pointer, which may lead to a kernel crash or system instability. This can result in denial of service or unexpected behavior in systems running the affected kernel.


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