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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.

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Published Date :

Sept. 15, 2025, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 15, 2025, 3:22 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
Solution
Remove unneeded second access to sensor array memory.
  • Review memory allocation for sensor arrays.
  • Remove duplicate sensor array access.
  • Apply kernel patch to address panic.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-53242.

URL Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15cc25829a97c3957e520e971868aacc84341317
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cf2181e438f43ed24e12424fe36d156cca233b9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68e675a9b69cfc34dd915d91a4650e3ee53421f4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f6756cd09889c7201ee31e6f76fbd914fb0b80d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e02bc492883abf751fd1a8d89fc025fbce6744c6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5aaf140ab1c02889c088e1b1098adad600541af
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • 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
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