CVE-2023-53095

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in TTM LRU Mechanism

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/ttm: Fix a NULL pointer dereference The LRU mechanism may look up a resource in the process of being removed from an object. The locking rules here are a bit unclear but it looks currently like res->bo assignment is protected by the LRU lock, whereas bo->resource is protected by the object lock, while *clearing* of bo->resource is also protected by the LRU lock. This means that if we check that bo->resource points to the LRU resource under the LRU lock we should be safe. So perform that check before deciding to swap out a bo. That avoids dereferencing a NULL bo->resource in ttm_bo_swapout().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (10)
Linux/Linux < 5.19
Linux/Linux 5.19
Linux/Linux 6.1.21 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2.8 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux 6.3
Linux/Linux 6a9b028994025f5033f10d1da30b29dfdc713384 - 9a9a8fe26751334b7739193a94eba741073b8a55
Linux/Linux 6a9b028994025f5033f10d1da30b29dfdc713384 - 9ba1720f6c4a0f13c3f3cb5c28132ee75555d04f
Linux/Linux 6a9b028994025f5033f10d1da30b29dfdc713384 - 9d9b1f9f7a72d83ebf173534e76b246349f32374
linux/linux_kernel 6.3 rc1 (2 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 5.19 - 6.1.21
Published May 02, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026