# CVE-2023-52984: net: phy: dp83822: Fix null pointer access on DP83825/DP83826 devices

- 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: 2025-03-27 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: dp83822: Fix null pointer access on DP83825/DP83826 devices The probe() function is only used for the DP83822 PHY, leaving the private data pointer uninitialized for the smaller DP83825/26 models. While all uses of the private data structure are hidden in 82822 specific callbacks, configuring the interrupt is shared across all models. This causes a NULL pointer dereference on the smaller PHYs as it accesses the private data unchecked. Verifying the pointer avoids that.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/362a2f5531dc0e5b0b5b3e3a541000dbffa75461
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cd1e9c013ec56421c58921b1ddf1d2d53bd47fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78901b10522cdf6badf24acf65a892637596bccc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/422ae7d9c7221e8d4c8526d0f54106307d69d2dc

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