PT-2025-13314 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5

Published 2023-01-31 · Updated 2025-09-29 · CVE-2023-52938

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A null pointer dereference issue has been resolved in the Linux kernel. The problem occurred because the driver attempted to resume ports that were not yet registered. This issue has been fixed by modifying the driver to not attempt to resume the ports before they exist.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880

BDU:2025-06258

CESA-2023_7077

CVE-2023-52938

OPENSUSE-SU-2025_01620-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025_01640-1

RHSA-2023:6583

RHSA-2023:7077

RHSA-2023_6583

RHSA-2023_7077

SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1

SUSE-SU-2025:01640-1

SUSE-SU-2025_01620-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Red Os

Suse

References · 110

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/52xxx/CVE-2023-52938.json · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52938 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:01640-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52938 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd11d7136fd070b3a74d6d8799d9eac28a57fc5 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-52938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-52938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f82060da749c611ed427523b6d1605d87338aac1 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-06258 · Security Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-2312 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52994 · Note