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CVE-2023-54178— of: unittest: fix null pointer dereferencing in of_unittest_find_node_by_name()

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于of_unittest_find_node_by_name函数未检查内存分配返回值，可能导致空指针取消引用。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Moderate EPSS 0.23% · P13

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

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Affected Version Matrix 20

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 0d638a07d3a1e98a7598eb2812a6236324e4c55f< c364fa869b33ca42a263bf91c22fce7e6c61d479 affected
0d638a07d3a1e98a7598eb2812a6236324e4c55f< 0b7d715511915a1b39f5fdcbe57a7922dfd66513 affected
0d638a07d3a1e98a7598eb2812a6236324e4c55f< dadf0d0dfcc81cdcb27ba5426676d13a9e4fb925 affected
0d638a07d3a1e98a7598eb2812a6236324e4c55f< f41c65f8d05be734898cbe72af59a401b97d298a affected
0d638a07d3a1e98a7598eb2812a6236324e4c55f< ea5bc6f5aa099e3e84d037282836234ad77cba88 affected
0d638a07d3a1e98a7598eb2812a6236324e4c55f< 43cc228099c514467b8074d7ede6673cef9f33b9 affected
0d638a07d3a1e98a7598eb2812a6236324e4c55f< c74ae8124f9687062dd99858f34c9d027ddd73da affected
0d638a07d3a1e98a7598eb2812a6236324e4c55f< 2dd8ee9de71ad8447f8459fb01dade7f6c7132da affected
… +12 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-54178

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Vulnerability Title
of: unittest: fix null pointer dereferencing in of_unittest_find_node_by_name()
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: unittest: fix null pointer dereferencing in of_unittest_find_node_by_name() when kmalloc() fail to allocate memory in kasprintf(), name or full_name will be NULL, strcmp() will cause null pointer dereference.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于of_unittest_find_node_by_name函数未检查内存分配返回值，可能导致空指针取消引用。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 0d638a07d3a1e98a7598eb2812a6236324e4c55f ~ c364fa869b33ca42a263bf91c22fce7e6c61d479 -
Linux Linux 4.14 -

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Other References for CVE-2023-54178 (9)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-12-30 · 244 CVEs total

CVE-2023-54184 9.8 CRITICAL scsi: target: iscsit: Free cmds before session free
CVE-2023-54223 9.8 CRITICAL net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
CVE-2023-54237 9.8 CRITICAL net/smc: fix potential panic dues to unprotected smc_llc_srv_add_link()
CVE-2023-54257 9.8 CRITICAL net: macb: fix a memory corruption in extended buffer descriptor mode
CVE-2023-54258 9.8 CRITICAL cifs: fix potential oops in cifs_oplock_break
CVE-2023-54269 9.8 CRITICAL SUNRPC: double free xprt_ctxt while still in use
CVE-2023-54280 9.8 CRITICAL cifs: fix potential race when tree connecting ipc
CVE-2023-54292 9.8 CRITICAL RDMA/irdma: Fix data race on CQP request done
CVE-2023-54203 9.1 CRITICAL ksmbd: fix slab-out-of-bounds in init_smb2_rsp_hdr
CVE-2022-50880 8.8 HIGH wifi: ath10k: add peer map clean up for peer delete in ath10k_sta_state()
CVE-2023-54262 8.8 HIGH net/mlx5e: Don't clone flow post action attributes second time
CVE-2023-54214 8.8 HIGH Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix potential user-after-free
CVE-2023-54162 8.8 HIGH ksmbd: fix possible memory leak in smb2_lock()
CVE-2023-54318 8.8 HIGH net/smc: use smc_lgr_list.lock to protect smc_lgr_list.list iterate in smcr_port_add
CVE-2023-54250 8.2 HIGH ksmbd: avoid out of bounds access in decode_preauth_ctxt()
CVE-2023-54164 8.0 HIGH Bluetooth: ISO: fix iso_conn related locking and validity issues
CVE-2023-54206 7.8 HIGH net/sched: flower: fix filter idr initialization
CVE-2023-54202 7.8 HIGH drm/i915: fix race condition UAF in i915_perf_add_config_ioctl
CVE-2023-54210 7.8 HIGH Bluetooth: hci_sync: Avoid use-after-free in dbg for hci_remove_adv_monitor()
CVE-2023-54243 7.8 HIGH netfilter: ebtables: fix table blob use-after-free

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