CVE-2023-53483

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53483
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53483.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53483
Downstream
Published
2025-10-01T11:42:51.778Z
Modified
2026-03-11T05:06:27.569407Z
Summary
ACPI: processor: Check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in fch_misc_setup()
Details

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

ACPI: processor: Check for null return of devmkzalloc() in fchmisc_setup()

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

[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53483.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
7fdb98e8a768b3ccc05494d3ea4436047f512b9d
Fixed
79ca94bc3e8cc3befa883c7d30b30a27ef0ea386
Fixed
8a632ff6a2bea49993002b4c46092a2aea625840
Fixed
4dea41775d951ff1f7b472a346a8ca3ae7e74455

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53483.json"