thermal/drivers/hisi: Drop second sensor hi3660
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 4.20 and later | 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3, 6.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.20 and later Fixed in 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3, 6.3 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.20.1 to before 5.4.235; 5.5 to before 5.10.173; 5.11 to before 5.15.99; 5.16 to before 6.1.16; 6.2 to before 6.2.3 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.20:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.20 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.20:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.20 rc7 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.20.1 to before 5.4.235; 5.5 to before 5.10.173; 5.11 to before 5.15.99; 5.16 to before 6.1.16; 6.2 to before 6.2.3 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.20:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.20 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.20:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.20 rc7 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3, 6.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-53242
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rcjh-888g-5f4f
References
Patch 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cf2181e438f43ed24e12424fe36d156cca233b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e02bc492883abf751fd1a8d89fc025fbce6744c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5aaf140ab1c02889c088e1b1098adad600541af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f6756cd09889c7201ee31e6f76fbd914fb0b80d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68e675a9b69cfc34dd915d91a4650e3ee53421f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15cc25829a97c3957e520e971868aacc84341317
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Sources
- CVE-2023-53242 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-53242 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rcjh-888g-5f4f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-53242 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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