Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dpu: check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in dpu_writeback_init() Because of the possilble failure of devm_kzalloc(), dpu_wb_conn might be NULL and will cause null pointer dereference later. Therefore, it might be better to check it and directly return -ENOMEM. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/512277/ [DB: fixed typo in commit message]
References (3)
Core 3
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0013
EPSS Percentile
3.2%
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 (9)
Linux/Linux
< 5.19
Linux/Linux
5.19
Linux/Linux
6.1.16 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux
6.2.3 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux
6.3
Linux/Linux
77b001acdcfeb892842caac49fb7f0d286b29c43 - 21e9a838f505178e109ccb3bf19d7808eb0326f4
Linux/Linux
77b001acdcfeb892842caac49fb7f0d286b29c43 - 3723c4dbcd14cc96771000ce0b0540801e6ba059
Linux/Linux
77b001acdcfeb892842caac49fb7f0d286b29c43 - 5ee51b19855c5dd72aca57b8014f3b70d7798733
linux/linux_kernel
5.19 - 6.1.16
Published
Sep 16, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026