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CVE-2023-53044

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 …

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 3.12 before 4.14.312
from 4.15 before 4.19.280
from 4.20 before 5.4.240
from 5.5 before 5.10.177
from 5.11 before 5.15.105
from 5.16 before 6.1.22

Weakness classification

CWE-476

References