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CVE-2023-54010: ACPICA: ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED in acpi_db_display_objects

• Severity: unknown
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-12-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED in acpi_db_display_objects ACPICA commit 0d5f467d6a0ba852ea3aad68663cbcbd43300fd4 ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED may fails, object_info might be null and will cause null pointer dereference later.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 4.4 — fixed in 6.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35d67ffad6f5d78dbd800d354f5334c7b71a19e0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/978e0d05547ae707d51a942fc7e85a34e181ee6f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae5a0eccc85fc960834dd66e3befc2728284b86c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c409eb45f5ddae2e3b3faa76cefc87f3cd0d0e88
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9fcb2cfcbd4d7018d9f659f5b670f5b727d1968
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d997c920a5305b37f0b8a40501b5aca10d099ecd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed2e1e85644ca3d351324e9927a538c8af4df654
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fee6133490091492dc66bcf71479bd53bd17a7d2

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