{"cve":"CVE-2023-52492","nvd":{"published":"2024-03-11T18:15:16.877","modified":"2026-06-17T06:42:51.210","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndmaengine: fix NULL pointer in channel unregistration function\n\n__dma_async_device_channel_register() can fail. In case of failure,\nchan->local is freed (with free_percpu()), and chan->local is nullified.\nWhen dma_async_device_unregister() is called (because of managed API or\nintentionally by DMA controller driver), channels are unconditionally\nunregistered, leading to this NULL pointer:\n[    1.318693] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000d0\n[...]\n[    1.484499] Call trace:\n[    1.486930]  device_del+0x40/0x394\n[    1.490314]  device_unregister+0x20/0x7c\n[    1.494220]  __dma_async_device_channel_unregister+0x68/0xc0\n\nLook at dma_async_device_register() function error path, channel device\nunregistration is done only if chan->local is not NULL.\n\nThen add the same condition at the beginning of\n__dma_async_device_channel_unregister() function, to avoid NULL pointer\nissue whatever the API used to reach this function.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.4},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/047fce470412ab64cb7345f9ff5d06919078ad79","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ab32986a0b9e329eb7f8f04dd57cc127f797c08","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f0ccfad2031eddcc510caf4e57f2d4aa2d8a50b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9263fd2a63487c6d04cbb7b74a48fb12e1e352d0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9de69732dde4e443c1c7f89acbbed2c45a6a8e17"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:46:54.846886191+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-52492","score":0.00271,"percentile":0.19415,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}