CVE-2023-53239

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.3 - NULL Pointer Dereference in drm/msm/mdp5

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/mdp5: Add check for kzalloc As kzalloc may fail and return NULL pointer, it should be better to check the return value in order to avoid the NULL pointer dereference. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/514154/

References (6)

Core 6

Core References

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3975ea6eaffe26aec634b5c473e51dc76e73af62

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49907c8873826ee771ba0ca1629e809c6479f617

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82943a0730e00c14b03e25a4b2a1a9477ae89d7b

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc579a2ee8b2e20c152b24b437d094832d8c9c9e

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37ff771ed008b9cbffd0eab77985968364694ce3

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13fcfcb2a9a4787fe4e49841d728f6f2e9fa6911

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 (15)

Linux/Linux < 5.3

Linux/Linux 1cff7440a86e04a613665803b42034c467f035fa - 13fcfcb2a9a4787fe4e49841d728f6f2e9fa6911

Linux/Linux 1cff7440a86e04a613665803b42034c467f035fa - 37ff771ed008b9cbffd0eab77985968364694ce3

Linux/Linux 1cff7440a86e04a613665803b42034c467f035fa - 3975ea6eaffe26aec634b5c473e51dc76e73af62

Linux/Linux 1cff7440a86e04a613665803b42034c467f035fa - 49907c8873826ee771ba0ca1629e809c6479f617

Linux/Linux 1cff7440a86e04a613665803b42034c467f035fa - 82943a0730e00c14b03e25a4b2a1a9477ae89d7b

Linux/Linux 1cff7440a86e04a613665803b42034c467f035fa - bc579a2ee8b2e20c152b24b437d094832d8c9c9e

Linux/Linux 5.10.173 - 5.10.*

Linux/Linux 5.15.99 - 5.15.*

Linux/Linux 5.3

... and 5 more

Published Sep 15, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026