NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-52899

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NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-52899

Published: August 21, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU96345
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-2023-52899
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the axi_chan_handle_err() function in drivers/dma/dw-axi-dmac/dw-axi-dmac-platform.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
Public Cloud Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel
perf-debuginfo
python2-perf
python2-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-headers
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
dlm-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
cluster-md-kmp-azure
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional
dlm-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-source-azure
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-syms-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dtb-broadcom
dtb-allwinner
dtb-amazon
dtb-socionext
dtb-xilinx
dtb-amd
dtb-altera
dtb-nvidia
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
dtb-lg
dtb-amlogic
dtb-exynos
dtb-qcom
dtb-rockchip
kernel-syms
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-freescale
kernel-obs-build
dtb-apm
dtb-sprd
dtb-apple
dtb-renesas
dtb-arm
dtb-mediatek
dtb-aarch64
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-marvell
dtb-cavium
kernel-64kb
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-64kb-debugsource
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-macros
kernel-docs-html
kernel-docs
kernel-default-extra
kernel-kvmsmall
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-livepatch
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-rebuild

How to mitigate CVE-2023-52899

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 4.19.271, 5.4.230, 5.10.165, 5.15.90, 6.1.8, 6.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_19-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
perf - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293, 5.10.0-136.92.0.173
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293, 5.10.0-136.92.0.173
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293, 5.10.0-136.92.0.173
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293, 5.10.0-136.92.0.173
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293, 5.10.0-136.92.0.173
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293, 5.10.0-136.92.0.173
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293, 5.10.0-136.92.0.173
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293, 5.10.0-136.92.0.173
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
bpftool - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
kernel - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293, 5.10.0-136.92.0.173
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293, 5.10.0-136.92.0.173
python2-perf - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
python2-perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
python3-perf - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293, 5.10.0-136.92.0.173
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293, 5.10.0-136.92.0.173
kernel-headers - update to 5.10.0-136.92.0.173
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-source-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
cluster-md-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kselftests-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
dlm-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-devel-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-source-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
gfs2-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-syms-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
dtb-broadcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-allwinner - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-amazon - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-socionext - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-xilinx - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-amd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-altera - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-nvidia - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-lg - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-amlogic - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-exynos - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-qcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-rockchip - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
kernel-syms - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-freescale - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-apm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-sprd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-apple - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-renesas - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-arm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-mediatek - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-aarch64 - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-hisilicon - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-marvell - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-cavium - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
kernel-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-macros - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-source - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-docs-html - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-docs - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
dlm-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-base - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6

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