In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: unittest: fix null pointer dereferencing in of_unittest_find_node_by_name() when kmalloc() fail to allocate memory in kasprintf(), name or full_name will be NULL, strcmp() will cause null pointer dereference.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-54178 is rated Low Risk (18.3/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-01-05 | 0.04% | 0.06% | +0.01% |
| 2 | 2025-12-31 | — | 0.04% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
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| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2023-54178 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-54178 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54178 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2023-54178 severity moderate: SUSE including 367 source package names (2.1.3-6.115:kernel-default-base-6.4.0-39.1.21.16, 2.1.3-7.146:kernel-rt-6.4.0-40.1, …), 704 product×package rows across 138 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container, … (138 product lines)): Fixed 385, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 88. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54178/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2023-54178 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 174, released 136, not-affected 69, needed 15, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-54178 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
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| No affected products in dataset. | |||