Bug 2425160 (CVE-2023-54087) - CVE-2023-54087 kernel: Linux kernel (UBI): Denial of Service due to improper error handling
Summary: CVE-2023-54087 kernel: Linux kernel (UBI): Denial of Service due to improper ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-54087
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-24 14:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-02-23 19:09 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-24 14:07:27 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ubi: Fix possible null-ptr-deref in ubi_free_volume()

It willl cause null-ptr-deref in the following case:

uif_init()
  ubi_add_volume()
    cdev_add() -> if it fails, call kill_volumes()
    device_register()

kill_volumes() -> if ubi_add_volume() fails call this function
  ubi_free_volume()
    cdev_del()
    device_unregister() -> trying to delete a not added device,
			   it causes null-ptr-deref

So in ubi_free_volume(), it delete devices whether they are added
or not, it will causes null-ptr-deref.

Handle the error case whlie calling ubi_add_volume() to fix this
problem. If add volume fails, set the corresponding vol to null,
so it can not be accessed in kill_volumes() and release the
resource in ubi_add_volume() error path.


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