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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ionic: catch failure from devlink_alloc Add a check for NULL on the alloc return. If devlink_alloc() fails and we try to use devlink_priv() on the NULL return, the kernel gets very unhappy and panics. With this fix, the driver load will still fail, but at least it won't panic the kernel.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-10-01 | Published 2025-10-01 | Updated 2025-10-01 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

df69ba43217d3cf4215c83c0627ce98a26e56e7c before c177dd465f5c1e5f242cdb9258826c591c257e9a
affected

df69ba43217d3cf4215c83c0627ce98a26e56e7c before 0d02efe7f25158c93146e3bb827bc7bb3cd5e71a
affected

df69ba43217d3cf4215c83c0627ce98a26e56e7c before 5325f50de5b1433b27dda7ccff5cb7283722a3f1
affected

df69ba43217d3cf4215c83c0627ce98a26e56e7c before 0020c16c8af7f4bc9503a2088fb30793b6771fac
affected

df69ba43217d3cf4215c83c0627ce98a26e56e7c before 4a54903ff68ddb33b6463c94b4eb37fc584ef760
affected

Default status
affected

5.4
affected

Any version before 5.4
unaffected

5.15.112
unaffected

6.1.29
unaffected

6.2.16
unaffected

6.3.3
unaffected

6.4
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/c177dd465f5c1e5f242cdb9258826c591c257e9a

git.kernel.org/...c/0d02efe7f25158c93146e3bb827bc7bb3cd5e71a

git.kernel.org/...c/5325f50de5b1433b27dda7ccff5cb7283722a3f1

git.kernel.org/...c/0020c16c8af7f4bc9503a2088fb30793b6771fac

git.kernel.org/...c/4a54903ff68ddb33b6463c94b4eb37fc584ef760

cve.org (CVE-2023-53470)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-53470)

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