CVE-2023-53044
dm stats: check for and propagate alloc_percpu failure
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Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
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Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
3.12
References 8
git.kernel.org
- stable/c/2287d7b721471a3d58bcd829250336e3cdf1635e
- stable/c/0d96bd507ed7e7d565b6d53ebd3874686f123b2e
- stable/c/4a32a9a818a895671bd43e0c40351e60e4e9140b
- stable/c/c68f08cc745675a17894e1b4a5b5b9700ace6da4
- stable/c/443c9d522397511a4328dc2ec3c9c63c73049756
- stable/c/a42180dd361584816bfe15c137b665699b994d90
- stable/c/5b66e36a3efd24041b7374432bfa4dec2ff01e95
- stable/c/d3aa3e060c4a80827eb801fc448debc9daa7c46b