# CVE-2023-53335: RDMA/cxgb4: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in pass\_establish()

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-17 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/cxgb4: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in pass_establish() If get_ep_from_tid() fails to lookup non-NULL value for ep, ep is dereferenced later regardless of whether it is empty. This patch adds a simple sanity check to fix the issue. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dca64042d855a24b0bd81ce242e5dc7e939f6eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cfc00e974d75a3aa8155f2660f57d342e1f67ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ddc77eefb2a567b705c3c86ab2ddabe43cadf1b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/283861a4c52c1ea4df3dd1b6fc75a50796ce3524

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