CVE-2023-23000

Published: Mar 1, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.17, drivers/phy/tegra/xusb.c mishandles the tegra_xusb_find_port_node return value. Callers expect NULL in the error case, but an error pointer is used.

Affected (1)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Before 5.17

Related CWEs

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (6)

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/045a31b95509c8f25f5f04ec5e0dec5cd09f2c5f

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230331-0004/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/045a31b95509c8f25f5f04ec5e0dec5cd09f2c5f

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230331-0004/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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