Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 27, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-53205
CVE-2024-53205
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
phy: realtek: usb: fix NULL deref in rtk_usb2phy_probe
In rtk_usb2phy_probe() devm_kzalloc() may return NULL but this returned value is not checked.
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/04e3e9188291a183b27306ddb833722c0d083d6anvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b398b6b6c94315fd2ce3658e3cee96539dbd7b7nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb83c9a08324e37f321ffb400809aa4310387d65nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a784bcdd7e54f0599da3b2360e472238412623envd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e2cde1813418b39b5e95d86e10d6701dccf18afnvd
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