CVE-2023-53223

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Null Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dsi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue Add check for the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue as it may return NULL pointer and cause NULL pointer dereference. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/517646/

References (8)

Core 8

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (19)
Linux/Linux < 3.12
Linux/Linux 0cf6c71d70d8aa39b8fd0e39c9009602a0e0d300 - 115906ca7b535afb1fe7b5406c566ccd3873f82b
Linux/Linux 0cf6c71d70d8aa39b8fd0e39c9009602a0e0d300 - 25a6499b1a53d854eda2b161b5c8a20296515dbe
Linux/Linux 0cf6c71d70d8aa39b8fd0e39c9009602a0e0d300 - 3a9a4a9725c60f04326b5019a52ce15aee808506
Linux/Linux 0cf6c71d70d8aa39b8fd0e39c9009602a0e0d300 - 3e18f157faeeb59034404569e8e07cbe1c0030a7
Linux/Linux 0cf6c71d70d8aa39b8fd0e39c9009602a0e0d300 - 540c66180afd59309a442d3bf1f2393464c8b4c5
Linux/Linux 0cf6c71d70d8aa39b8fd0e39c9009602a0e0d300 - 5dfe7a5386fde5a656ca06602b31bf50e26954cd
Linux/Linux 0cf6c71d70d8aa39b8fd0e39c9009602a0e0d300 - 759ea5677c362fb1e3edc667260ba9f409dc931d
Linux/Linux 0cf6c71d70d8aa39b8fd0e39c9009602a0e0d300 - 9257974858ee847b2e1fd552691b8ba5c2fc1c7b
Linux/Linux 3.12
... and 9 more
Published Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026