VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-53044

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.20%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-05-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm stats: check for and propagate alloc_percpu failure Check alloc_precpu()'s return value and return an error from dm_stats_init() if it fails. Update alloc_dev() to fail if dm_stats_init() does. Otherwise, a NULL pointer dereference will occur in dm_stats_cleanup() even if dm-stats isn't being actively used.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-476

Primary references