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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 21, 2024· Updated Jan 5, 2026

scsi: libfc: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in fc_lport_ptp_setup()

CVE-2023-52809

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: libfc: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in fc_lport_ptp_setup()

fc_lport_ptp_setup() did not check the return value of fc_rport_create() which can return NULL and would cause a NULL pointer dereference. Address this issue by checking return value of fc_rport_create() and log error message on fc_rport_create() failed.

Affected products

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Patches

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