# CVE-2023-54298: thermal: intel: quark\_dts: fix error pointer dereference

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-30 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: intel: quark_dts: fix error pointer dereference If alloc_soc_dts() fails, then we can just return. Trying to free "soc_dts" will lead to an Oops.

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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/0b366c6a42e2e2bc67af8d1130b68f3bfa31c80e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0178f2788fb1183a5cc350213efdc94010b9147
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e23f1d9e6e03d04da2f18e78ab5d4255ffeb1333
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f73134231fa23e0856c15010db5f5c03693c1e92
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eaf55b38691291d49417c22e726591078ca1893
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69e49f1b53605706bc2203455021539aba2ebe21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24c221b11c2894e1a5f07b93362d9bc91c6d8be7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1b930e740811d416de4d2074da48b6633a672c8

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