2400788 – (CVE-2023-53483) CVE-2023-53483 kernel: ACPI: processor: Check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in fch_misc_setup()

Bug 2400788 (CVE-2023-53483) - CVE-2023-53483 kernel: ACPI: processor: Check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in fch_misc_setup()

Summary: CVE-2023-53483 kernel: ACPI: processor: Check for null return of devm_kzalloc...

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Status:	NEW
Alias:	CVE-2023-53483
Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability
Sub Component:
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	medium
Severity:	medium
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported:	2025-10-01 12:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified:	2026-06-29 20:10 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-01 12:07:26 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ACPI: processor: Check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in fch_misc_setup()

devm_kzalloc() may fail, clk_data->name might be NULL and will
cause a NULL pointer dereference later.

[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

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