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CVE-2023-54066 (GCVE-0-2023-54066)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-24 12:23 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:54
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Title
media: dvb-usb-v2: gl861: Fix null-ptr-deref in gl861_i2c_master_xfer
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvb-usb-v2: gl861: Fix null-ptr-deref in gl861_i2c_master_xfer In gl861_i2c_master_xfer, msg is controlled by user. When msg[i].buf is null and msg[i].len is zero, former checks on msg[i].buf would be passed. Malicious data finally reach gl861_i2c_master_xfer. If accessing msg[i].buf[0] without sanity check, null ptr deref would happen. We add check on msg[i].len to prevent crash. Similar commit: commit 0ed554fd769a ("media: dvb-usb: az6027: fix null-ptr-deref in az6027_i2c_xfer()")
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 1ea76d16569b7fc242b860c7e19549be028b13d1 , < 578b67614ae0e4fba3945b66a4c8f9ae77115bcb (git)
Affected: 1ea76d16569b7fc242b860c7e19549be028b13d1 , < 2a33fc57133d6f39d62285df6706aeb1714967f1 (git)
Affected: 1ea76d16569b7fc242b860c7e19549be028b13d1 , < dfcd3c010209927b9f45b860f046635dc32e32e1 (git)
Affected: 1ea76d16569b7fc242b860c7e19549be028b13d1 , < 72af676551efe820e309a6c7681c2c4372f37376 (git)
Affected: 1ea76d16569b7fc242b860c7e19549be028b13d1 , < b97719a66970601cd3151a3e2020f4454a1c4ff6 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.5
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.197 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.133 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.55 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.5.5 , ≤ 6.5.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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