CVE-2023-52918: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: pci: cx23885: check cx23885_vdev_init() return cx23885_vdev_init() can return a NULL pointer, but that pointer is used in the next line without a check. Add a NULL pointer check and go to the error unwind if it is NULL.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 4.19.321 (fixed in 4.19.321); from 4.20, before 5.4.283 (fixed in 5.4.283); from 5.5, before 5.10.225 (fixed in 5.10.225); from 5.11, before 5.15.166 (fixed in 5.15.166); from 5.16, before 6.1.107 (fixed in 6.1.107); from 6.2, before 6.6.48 (fixed in 6.6.48)

Published 2024-10-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.