CVE-2023-53458

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 3.18-5.15.113 6.1.30-6.1.* 6.3.4-6.3.* - Null Pointer Dereference in cx23885 Buffer Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: cx23885: Fix a null-ptr-deref bug in buffer_prepare() and buffer_finish() When the driver calls cx23885_risc_buffer() to prepare the buffer, the function call dma_alloc_coherent may fail, resulting in a empty buffer risc->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 cx23885_risc_buffer() and the value of risc->cpu before buffer free.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (11)
Linux/Linux < 3.18
Linux/Linux 3.18
Linux/Linux 4d63a25c4523b5d18e5307897d56aff785f43bf5 - 47e8b73bc35d7c54642f78e498697692f6358996
Linux/Linux 4d63a25c4523b5d18e5307897d56aff785f43bf5 - 5b8e5e28e85a546dfccc3895befe0e823fdd7c89
Linux/Linux 4d63a25c4523b5d18e5307897d56aff785f43bf5 - 6738841f6fcf23e9fc30e2449f32fc84ee19c6f1
Linux/Linux 4d63a25c4523b5d18e5307897d56aff785f43bf5 - f0a06203f2fe63f04311467200c99c4ee1926578
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
... and 1 more
Published Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026