CVE-2023-53244

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.15.113 - Null Pointer Dereference in tw68_risc_buffer

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: pci: tw68: Fix null-ptr-deref bug in buf prepare and finish When the driver calls tw68_risc_buffer() to prepare the buffer, the function call dma_alloc_coherent may fail, resulting in a empty buffer buf->cpu. Later when we free the buffer or access the buffer, null ptr deref is triggered. This bug is similar to the following one: https://git.linuxtv.org/media_stage.git/commit/?id=2b064d91440b33fba5b452f2d1b31f13ae911d71. We believe the bug can be also dynamically triggered from user side. Similarly, we fix this by checking the return value of tw68_risc_buffer() and the value of buf->cpu before buffer free.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.3%
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 (11)
Linux/Linux < 3.18
Linux/Linux 3.18
Linux/Linux 5.15.113 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.30 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.3.4 - 6.3.*
Linux/Linux 6.4
Linux/Linux e15d1c12c5878b3a80d6573af1721e17264e0286 - 1634b7adcc5bef645b3666fdd564e5952a9e24e0
Linux/Linux e15d1c12c5878b3a80d6573af1721e17264e0286 - 3715c5e9a8f96b6ed0dcbea06da443efccac1ecc
Linux/Linux e15d1c12c5878b3a80d6573af1721e17264e0286 - 3c67f49a6643d973e83968ea35806c7b5ae68b56
Linux/Linux e15d1c12c5878b3a80d6573af1721e17264e0286 - dcf632bca424e6ff8c8eb89c96694e7f05cd29b6
... and 1 more
Published Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026