NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53071

Vulnerability identifier: #VU108460

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53071

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the mt76_register_phy(), mt76_unregister_phy(), mt76_register_device() and mt76_unregister_device() functions in drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mac80211.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openSUSE Leap
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default-debuginfo
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kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_27-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
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kernel-source-rt
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dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel
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kselftests-kmp-rt
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kernel-rt
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cluster-md-kmp-rt
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cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt
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Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.1.113
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.7.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default - update to 1-150500.11.7.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_27-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.7.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d34f27714c97a9786a30b3bb54944d6d8ed612f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41130c32f3a18fcc930316da17f3a5f3bc326aa1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dffe86df26aee01a5fc56a175b7a7f157961e370
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.113

• NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel mediatek mt76 driver
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel