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CVE-2024-53205: phy: realtek: usb: fix NULL deref in rtk_usb2phy_probe

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-12-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phy: realtek: usb: fix NULL deref in rtk_usb2phy_probe In rtk_usb2phy_probe() devm_kzalloc() may return NULL but this returned value is not checked.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.6 before 6.11.11; from 6.12 before 6.12.2 — fixed in 6.11.11, 6.12.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.11.11, 6.12.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04e3e9188291a183b27306ddb833722c0d083d6a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b398b6b6c94315fd2ce3658e3cee96539dbd7b7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a784bcdd7e54f0599da3b2360e472238412623e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e2cde1813418b39b5e95d86e10d6701dccf18af
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb83c9a08324e37f321ffb400809aa4310387d65

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