CVE-2023-53284

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/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]

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