Bug 2366237 (CVE-2023-53146)

Summary: CVE-2023-53146 kernel: media: dw2102: Fix null-ptr-deref in dw2102_i2c_transfer()
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-14 13:01:03 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: dw2102: Fix null-ptr-deref in dw2102_i2c_transfer()

In dw2102_i2c_transfer, msg is controlled by user. When msg[i].buf
is null and msg[i].len is zero, former checks on msg[i].buf would be
passed. Malicious data finally reach dw2102_i2c_transfer. If accessing
msg[i].buf[0] without sanity check, null ptr deref would happen.
We add check on msg[i].len to prevent crash.

Similar commit:
commit 950e252cb469
("[media] dw2102: limit messages to buffer size")

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-05-14 13:21:44 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025051417-CVE-2023-53146-db0e@gregkh/T