Bug 2320213 (CVE-2023-52917) - CVE-2023-52917 kernel: ntb: intel: Fix the NULL vs IS_ERR() bug for debugfs_create_dir()
Summary: CVE-2023-52917 kernel: ntb: intel: Fix the NULL vs IS_ERR() bug for debugfs_c...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-52917
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2320303
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Reported: 2024-10-21 13:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-05-16 05:08 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:6966 0 None None None 2025-05-13 08:29:09 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-10-21 13:02:48 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ntb: intel: Fix the NULL vs IS_ERR() bug for debugfs_create_dir()

The debugfs_create_dir() function returns error pointers.
It never returns NULL. So use IS_ERR() to check it.
Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2024-10-21 13:57:28 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024102100-CVE-2023-52917-f16d@gregkh/T
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-13 08:29:08 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:6966 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966
Comment 3 TEJ RATHI 2025-05-16 05:08:26 UTC 
This CVE has been rejected upstream: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025030358-REJECTED-a546@gregkh/
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