CVE-2023-52809

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: libfc: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in fc_lport_ptp_setup() fc_lport_ptp_setup() did not check the return value of fc_rport_create() which can return NULL and would cause a NULL pointer dereference. Address this issue by checking return value of fc_rport_create() and log error message on fc_rport_create() failed.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2024-05-21

Last modified

2026-05-11

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/442fd24d7b6b29e4a9cd9225afba4142d5f522ba
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4df105f0ce9f6f30cda4e99f577150d23f0c9c5f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56d78b5495ebecbb9395101f3be177cd0a52450b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b9ecf4e1032e645873933e5b43cbb84cac19106
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77072ec41d6ab3718c3fc639bc149b8037caedfa
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/930f0aaba4820d6362de4e6ed569eaf444f1ea4e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b549acf999824d4f751ca57965700372f2f3ad00
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb83f79f90e92f46466adcfd4fd264a7ae0f0f01
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6fe7261b92b21109678747f36df9fdab1e30c34