CVE-2023-23000
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 26
Modified
Published: 01 Mar 2023, 00:00
Last modified:20 Mar 2025, 19:35
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100 CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.01% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
01 Mar 2023, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
20 Mar 2025, 19:35
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
In the Linux kernel before 5.17, drivers/phy/tegra/xusb.c mishandles the tegra_xusb_find_port_node return value. Callers expect NULL in the error case, but an error pointer is used.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.01%• Percentile: 2%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Systems
- linux•linux_kernel
< 5.17