CVE-2023-3357 — A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel AMD Sensor Fusion

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel AMD Sensor Fusion Hub driver. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system.

01What is this vulnerability?

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel AMD Sensor Fusion Hub driver. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Kernel	kernel 6.1-rc8

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-10T21:07:03.944Z

09References

• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=53…