# CVE-2023-53470: ionic: catch failure from devlink\_alloc

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ionic: catch failure from devlink_alloc Add a check for NULL on the alloc return. If devlink_alloc() fails and we try to use devlink_priv() on the NULL return, the kernel gets very unhappy and panics. With this fix, the driver load will still fail, but at least it won't panic the kernel.

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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/c177dd465f5c1e5f242cdb9258826c591c257e9a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d02efe7f25158c93146e3bb827bc7bb3cd5e71a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5325f50de5b1433b27dda7ccff5cb7283722a3f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0020c16c8af7f4bc9503a2088fb30793b6771fac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a54903ff68ddb33b6463c94b4eb37fc584ef760

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