CVE-2023-53044

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm stats: check for and propagate alloc_percpu failure Check alloc_precpu()'s return value and return an error from dm_stats_init() if it fails. Update alloc_dev() to fail if dm_stats_init() does. Otherwise, a NULL pointer dereference will occur in dm_stats_cleanup() even if dm-stats isn't being actively used.
Configurations

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History

12 Nov 2025, 16:46

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d96bd507ed7e7d565b6d53ebd3874686f123b2e - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d96bd507ed7e7d565b6d53ebd3874686f123b2e - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2287d7b721471a3d58bcd829250336e3cdf1635e - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2287d7b721471a3d58bcd829250336e3cdf1635e - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/443c9d522397511a4328dc2ec3c9c63c73049756 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/443c9d522397511a4328dc2ec3c9c63c73049756 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a32a9a818a895671bd43e0c40351e60e4e9140b - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a32a9a818a895671bd43e0c40351e60e4e9140b - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b66e36a3efd24041b7374432bfa4dec2ff01e95 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b66e36a3efd24041b7374432bfa4dec2ff01e95 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a42180dd361584816bfe15c137b665699b994d90 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a42180dd361584816bfe15c137b665699b994d90 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c68f08cc745675a17894e1b4a5b5b9700ace6da4 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c68f08cc745675a17894e1b4a5b5b9700ace6da4 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3aa3e060c4a80827eb801fc448debc9daa7c46b - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3aa3e060c4a80827eb801fc448debc9daa7c46b - Patch
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
CWE CWE-476

Information

Published : 2025-05-02 16:15

Updated : 2025-11-12 16:46


NVD link : CVE-2023-53044

Mitre link : CVE-2023-53044

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-53044


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference