kobject: Add sanity check for kset->kobj.ktype in kset_register() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2023-53480
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.16 % · percentile 5 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kobject: Add sanity check for kset->kobj.ktype in kset_register() When I register a kset in the following way: static struct kset my_kset; kobject_set_name(&my_kset.kobj, "my_kset"); ret = kset_register(&my_kset); A null pointer dereference exception is occurred: [ 4453.568337] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at \ virtual address 0000000000000028 ... ... [ 4453.810361] Call trace: [ 4453.813062] kobject_get_ownership+0xc/0x34 [ 4453.817493] kobject_add_internal+0x98/0x274 [ 4453.822005] kset_register+0x5c/0xb4 [ 4453.825820] my_kobj_init+0x44/0x1000 [my_kset] ... ... Because I didn't initialize my_kset.kobj.ktype. According to the description in Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst: - A ktype is the type of object that embeds a kobject. Every structure that embeds a kobject needs a corresponding ktype. So add sanity check to make sure kset->kobj.ktype is not NULL.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 5f81880d5204ee2388fd9a75bb850ccd526885b7 < 039ec9db2d30032eafa365f5f89b30eca5322b05 ; affected 5f81880d5204ee2388fd9a75bb850ccd526885b7 < 964e025ceefdf75da46b0133d0c2790de451aeec ; affected 5f81880d5204ee2388fd9a75bb850ccd526885b7 < 5df5829158513134ddcaf2184d9286eda7b0bb18 ; affected 5f81880d5204ee2388fd9a75bb850ccd526885b7 < f3f6bf22a4f5ba649cf26ae4670de5c7f861bdef ; affected 5f81880d5204ee2388fd9a75bb850ccd526885b7 < 48aebbe801e78a8932404c122ed0e880ccedc220 ; affected 5f81880d5204ee2388fd9a75bb850ccd526885b7 < 1a772881bc059c596d8ca587cbd2a233edce3d3b
Linux · Linuxaffected 4.19 ; unaffected 0 < 4.19 ; unaffected 4.19.295 ≤ 4.19.* ; unaffected 5.4.257 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.197 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.133 ≤ 5.15.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD