Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 1, 2025· Updated Jan 5, 2026
ACPI: processor: Check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in fch_misc_setup()
CVE-2023-53483
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPI: processor: Check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in fch_misc_setup()
devm_kzalloc() may fail, clk_data->name might be NULL and will cause a NULL pointer dereference later.
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