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CVE-2023-52863

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (axi-fan-control) Fix possible NULL pointer dereference axi_fan_control_irq_handler(…

Impact

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (axi-fan-control) Fix possible NULL pointer dereference axi_fan_control_irq_handler(), dependent on the private axi_fan_control_data structure, might be called before the hwmon device is registered. That will cause an "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" error.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 5.7 before 5.10.201
from 5.11 before 5.15.139
from 5.16 before 6.1.63
from 6.2 before 6.5.12
from 6.6 before 6.6.2

Weakness classification

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