Not yet scoredPublished Dec 30, 2025

CVE-2023-54279MIPS: fw: Allow firmware to pass a empty env

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 9:10 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: fw: Allow firmware to pass a empty env fw_getenv will use env entry to determine style of env, however it is legal for firmware to just pass a empty list. Check if first entry exist before running strchr to avoid null pointer dereference.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62 before f334b31625683418aaa2a335470eec950a95a254; from 14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62 before 830181ddced5a05a711dc9da8043203b1f33a77e; 14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62 builds before 0f91290774c798199ba4b8df93de5c3156b5163d; from 14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62 before 47e61cadc7a5f3dffd42d2d6fda81be163f1ab82; 14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62 builds before 3ef93b7bd9e042db240843f24a80e14da38c6830; from 14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62 before a6b54af407873227caef6262e992f5422cdcb6ae; from 14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62 before ad79828f133e98585ab2236cad04a55eb7141bbe; from 14aecdd419217e041fb5dd2749d11f58503bdf62 before aeed787bbbbe1b842beec9a065a36c915226f704; and 1 more ranges	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f334b31625683418aaa2a335470eec950a95a254
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/830181ddced5a05a711dc9da8043203b1f33a77e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f91290774c798199ba4b8df93de5c3156b5163d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47e61cadc7a5f3dffd42d2d6fda81be163f1ab82
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ef93b7bd9e042db240843f24a80e14da38c6830
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6b54af407873227caef6262e992f5422cdcb6ae
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad79828f133e98585ab2236cad04a55eb7141bbe
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aeed787bbbbe1b842beec9a065a36c915226f704
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee1809ed7bc456a72dc8410b475b73021a3a68d5

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