CVE-2023-53242
thermal/drivers/hisi: Drop second sensor hi3660
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/drivers/hisi: Drop second sensor hi3660 The commit 74c8e6bffbe1 ("driver core: Add __alloc_size hint to devm allocators") exposes a panic "BRK handler: Fatal exception" on the hi3660_thermal_probe funciton. This is because the function allocates memory for only one sensors array entry, but tries to fill up a second one. Fix this by removing the unneeded second access.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 15, 2025, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 3, 2025, 8:41 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Review memory allocation for sensor arrays.
- Remove duplicate sensor array access.
- Apply kernel patch to address panic.
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5 up to (excluding) 5.10.173 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.11 up to (excluding) 5.15.99 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.16 up to (excluding) 6.1.16 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2 up to (excluding) 6.2.3 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.20:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.20:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.20.1 up to (excluding) 5.4.235 Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15cc25829a97c3957e520e971868aacc84341317 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cf2181e438f43ed24e12424fe36d156cca233b9 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68e675a9b69cfc34dd915d91a4650e3ee53421f4 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f6756cd09889c7201ee31e6f76fbd914fb0b80d Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e02bc492883abf751fd1a8d89fc025fbce6744c6 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5aaf140ab1c02889c088e1b1098adad600541af Types: Patch -
New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Sep. 15, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/drivers/hisi: Drop second sensor hi3660 The commit 74c8e6bffbe1 ("driver core: Add __alloc_size hint to devm allocators") exposes a panic "BRK handler: Fatal exception" on the hi3660_thermal_probe funciton. This is because the function allocates memory for only one sensors array entry, but tries to fill up a second one. Fix this by removing the unneeded second access. Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15cc25829a97c3957e520e971868aacc84341317 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cf2181e438f43ed24e12424fe36d156cca233b9 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68e675a9b69cfc34dd915d91a4650e3ee53421f4 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f6756cd09889c7201ee31e6f76fbd914fb0b80d Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e02bc492883abf751fd1a8d89fc025fbce6744c6 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5aaf140ab1c02889c088e1b1098adad600541af