Bug 2182493 (CVE-2023-23002) - CVE-2023-23002 kernel: incorrect check for error case in the qca_serdev_probe
Summary: CVE-2023-23002 kernel: incorrect check for error case in the qca_serdev_probe
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2023-23002
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2182494
Blocks: 2174642
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Reported: 2023-03-28 20:36 UTC by Alex
Modified: 2023-04-06 16:06 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2023-03-29 00:32:29 UTC
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Description Alex 2023-03-28 20:36:36 UTC 
A flaw in the Linux Kernel found. In the Linux kernel before 5.16.3, drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c misinterprets the devm_gpiod_get_index_optional return value (expects it to be NULL in the error case, whereas it is actually an error pointer).

Reference:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6845667146a28c09b5dfc401c1ad112374087944
Comment 1 Alex 2023-03-28 20:37:00 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2182494]
Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-03-29 00:32:25 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-23002
Comment 4 Justin M. Forbes 2023-04-06 16:06:02 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora with the 5.15.17 stable kernel updates.
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