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CVE-2023-54279— MIPS: fw: Allow firmware to pass a empty env

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

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，该漏洞源于未检查固件环境条目，可能导致空指针取消引用。

AI Predicted 3.3 Difficulty: Hard EPSS 0.23% · P13

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1068 · Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Affected Version Matrix 20

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62< f334b31625683418aaa2a335470eec950a95a254 affected
14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62< 830181ddced5a05a711dc9da8043203b1f33a77e affected
14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62< 0f91290774c798199ba4b8df93de5c3156b5163d affected
14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62< 47e61cadc7a5f3dffd42d2d6fda81be163f1ab82 affected
14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62< 3ef93b7bd9e042db240843f24a80e14da38c6830 affected
14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62< a6b54af407873227caef6262e992f5422cdcb6ae affected
14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62< ad79828f133e98585ab2236cad04a55eb7141bbe affected
14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62< aeed787bbbbe1b842beec9a065a36c915226f704 affected
… +12 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-54279

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
MIPS: fw: Allow firmware to pass a empty env
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: fw: Allow firmware to pass a empty env fw_getenv will use env entry to determine style of env, however it is legal for firmware to just pass a empty list. Check if first entry exist before running strchr to avoid null pointer dereference.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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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，该漏洞源于未检查固件环境条目，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 14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62 ~ f334b31625683418aaa2a335470eec950a95a254 -
Linux Linux 3.10 -

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Other References for CVE-2023-54279 (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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