# CVE-2023-53483: ACPI: processor: Check for null return of devm\_kzalloc() in fch\_misc\_setup()

- 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: 5.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: processor: Check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in fch_misc_setup() devm_kzalloc() may fail, clk_data->name might be NULL and will cause a NULL pointer dereference later. [ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79ca94bc3e8cc3befa883c7d30b30a27ef0ea386
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a632ff6a2bea49993002b4c46092a2aea625840
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dea41775d951ff1f7b472a346a8ca3ae7e74455

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