{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2024-02-26T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: NULL pointer dereference in zone registration error path",
    "id" : "2266363",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2266363"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "2.3",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-476",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nthermal: core: Fix NULL pointer dereference in zone registration error path\nIf device_register() in thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips()\nreturns an error, the tz variable is set to NULL and subsequently\ndereferenced in kfree(tz->tzp).\nCommit adc8749b150c (\"thermal/drivers/core: Use put_device() if\ndevice_register() fails\") added the tz = NULL assignment in question to\navoid a possible double-free after dropping the reference to the zone\ndevice.  However, after commit 4649620d9404 (\"thermal: core: Make\nthermal_zone_device_unregister() return after freeing the zone\"), that\nassignment has become redundant, because dropping the reference to the\nzone device does not cause the zone object to be freed any more.\nDrop it to address the NULL pointer dereference.", "is a security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically within the thermal management subsystem. This vulnerability is a NULL pointer dereference that occurs in the thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips() function during the thermal zone registration error path. This issue can cause crashes and system instability." ],
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-11-12T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:9315",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-11-12T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:9315",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52473\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52473\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024022547-CVE-2023-52473-c3cc@gregkh/T/#u" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2023-52473",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "There are no known mitigations to the problem. Red Hat recommends updating to the latest version of the software.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}