# CVE-2023-54010: ACPICA: ACPICA: check null return of ACPI\_ALLOCATE\_ZEROED in acpi\_db\_display\_objects

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-24 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED in acpi_db_display_objects ACPICA commit 0d5f467d6a0ba852ea3aad68663cbcbd43300fd4 ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED may fails, object_info might be null and will cause null pointer dereference later.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9fcb2cfcbd4d7018d9f659f5b670f5b727d1968
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35d67ffad6f5d78dbd800d354f5334c7b71a19e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c409eb45f5ddae2e3b3faa76cefc87f3cd0d0e88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/978e0d05547ae707d51a942fc7e85a34e181ee6f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d997c920a5305b37f0b8a40501b5aca10d099ecd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fee6133490091492dc66bcf71479bd53bd17a7d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed2e1e85644ca3d351324e9927a538c8af4df654
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae5a0eccc85fc960834dd66e3befc2728284b86c

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