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Linux Linux — RDMA/cxgb4: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in pass_establish()
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0048 39.4 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 944661dd97f4f257cd914fffec7eb80832ff9141 – —
Linux 4.7 – 5.15.99
TIMELINE
Sep 16 Reserved by Linux
Sep 17 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2023-53335 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/cxgb4: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in pass_establish()
If get_ep_from_tid() fails to lookup non-NULL value for ep, ep is
dereferenced later regardless of whether it is empty.
This patch adds a simple sanity check to fix the issue.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| September 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| September 17, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2023-53335 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 944661dd97f4f257cd914fffec7eb80832ff9141 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 4.7 | 5.15.99 |
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