# CVE-2023-23000: In the Linux kernel before 5.17, drivers/phy/tegra/xusb.c mishandles the tegra\_xusb\_find\_port\_node return value.

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-03-01 · Updated: 2025-03-20

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/045a31b95509c8f25f5f04ec5e0dec5cd09f2c5f
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230331-0004/

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