{"cve":"CVE-2023-54321","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-30T13:16:21.410","modified":"2026-06-17T06:47:13.370","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndriver core: fix potential null-ptr-deref in device_add()\n\nI got the following null-ptr-deref report while doing fault injection test:\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000058\nCPU: 2 PID: 278 Comm: 37-i2c-ds2482 Tainted: G    B   W        N 6.1.0-rc3+\nRIP: 0010:klist_put+0x2d/0xd0\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n klist_remove+0xf1/0x1c0\n device_release_driver_internal+0x196/0x210\n bus_remove_device+0x1bd/0x240\n device_add+0xd3d/0x1100\n w1_add_master_device+0x476/0x490 [wire]\n ds2482_probe+0x303/0x3e0 [ds2482]\n\nThis is how it happened:\n\nw1_alloc_dev()\n  // The dev->driver is set to w1_master_driver.\n  memcpy(&dev->dev, device, sizeof(struct device));\n  device_add()\n    bus_add_device()\n    dpm_sysfs_add() // It fails, calls bus_remove_device.\n\n    // error path\n    bus_remove_device()\n      // The dev->driver is not null, but driver is not bound.\n      __device_release_driver()\n        klist_remove(&dev->p->knode_driver) <-- It causes null-ptr-deref.\n\n    // normal path\n    bus_probe_device() // It's not called yet.\n      device_bind_driver()\n\nIf dev->driver is set, in the error path after calling bus_add_device()\nin device_add(), bus_remove_device() is called, then the device will be\ndetached from driver. But device_bind_driver() is not called yet, so it\ncauses null-ptr-deref while access the 'knode_driver'. To fix this, set\ndev->driver to null in the error path before calling bus_remove_device().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17982304806c5c10924e73f7ca5556e0d7378452","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c59650d078b1b3f1ea50d5f8ee9fcc537dc02d3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cf515bf9e8c2908dc170ecf2df117162a16c9c5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97aa8fb74bbe9aaf4ed5962a784f73b071bd16bf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6837f34a34973ef6600c08195ed300e24e97317"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:18:08.089039631+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-54321","score":0.00153,"percentile":0.04421,"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."]}