CVE - CVE-2023-53044

CVE-ID
CVE-2023-53044	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm stats: check for and propagate alloc_percpu failure Check alloc_precpu()'s return value and return an error from dm_stats_init() if it fails. Update alloc_dev() to fail if dm_stats_init() does. Otherwise, a NULL pointer dereference will occur in dm_stats_cleanup() even if dm-stats isn't being actively used.
References
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MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d96bd507ed7e7d565b6d53ebd3874686f123b2e URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d96bd507ed7e7d565b6d53ebd3874686f123b2e MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2287d7b721471a3d58bcd829250336e3cdf1635e URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2287d7b721471a3d58bcd829250336e3cdf1635e MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/443c9d522397511a4328dc2ec3c9c63c73049756 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/443c9d522397511a4328dc2ec3c9c63c73049756 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a32a9a818a895671bd43e0c40351e60e4e9140b URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a32a9a818a895671bd43e0c40351e60e4e9140b MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b66e36a3efd24041b7374432bfa4dec2ff01e95 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b66e36a3efd24041b7374432bfa4dec2ff01e95 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a42180dd361584816bfe15c137b665699b994d90 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a42180dd361584816bfe15c137b665699b994d90 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c68f08cc745675a17894e1b4a5b5b9700ace6da4 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c68f08cc745675a17894e1b4a5b5b9700ace6da4 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3aa3e060c4a80827eb801fc448debc9daa7c46b URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3aa3e060c4a80827eb801fc448debc9daa7c46b
Assigning CNA
kernel.org
Date Record Created
20250416	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20250416)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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