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CVE-2023-54178
of: unittest: fix null pointer dereferencing in of_unittest_find_node_by_name()
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c364fa869b33ca42a263bf91c22fce7e6c61d479
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b7d715511915a1b39f5fdcbe57a7922dfd66513
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dadf0d0dfcc81cdcb27ba5426676d13a9e4fb925
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f41c65f8d05be734898cbe72af59a401b97d298a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea5bc6f5aa099e3e84d037282836234ad77cba88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43cc228099c514467b8074d7ede6673cef9f33b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c74ae8124f9687062dd99858f34c9d027ddd73da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dd8ee9de71ad8447f8459fb01dade7f6c7132da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6ce4f0ea19c32f10867ed93d8386924326ab474
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0d638a07d3a1e98a7598eb2812a6236324e4c55f, 4.14, 0, 4.14.326, 4.19.295, 5.4.257, 5.10.195, 5.15.132, 6.1.53, 6.4.16, 6.5.3, 6.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 30th, 2025
Last Modified:
May 11th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
No vector data available
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.