CVE-2023-54066

medium

Description

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()")

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfcd3c010209927b9f45b860f046635dc32e32e1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b97719a66970601cd3151a3e2020f4454a1c4ff6

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72af676551efe820e309a6c7681c2c4372f37376

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/578b67614ae0e4fba3945b66a4c8f9ae77115bcb

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a33fc57133d6f39d62285df6706aeb1714967f1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-12-24

Updated: 2025-12-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018