CVE-2023-53784

Linux Kernel 6.4.0-6.4.4 - Null Pointer Dereference in dw_hdmi SCDC Connector Access

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: bridge: dw_hdmi: fix connector access for scdc Commit 5d844091f237 ("drm/scdc-helper: Pimp SCDC debugs") changed the scdc interface to pick up an i2c adapter from a connector instead. However, in the case of dw-hdmi, the wrong connector was being used to pass i2c adapter information, since dw-hdmi's embedded connector structure is only populated when the bridge attachment callback explicitly asks for it. drm-meson is handling connector creation, so this won't happen, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. Fix it by having scdc functions access dw-hdmi's current connector pointer instead, which is assigned during the bridge enablement stage. [narmstrong: moved Fixes tag before first S-o-b and added Reported-by tag]

Scores

EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 6.2%

Details

Status published
Products (7)
linux/Kernel 6.4.0 - 6.4.5linux
Linux/Linux < 6.4
Linux/Linux 5d844091f2370f01752c3129b147861b9dcd3d98 - 552f79aa9e801ed4f74d6b3221af78042ba4f235
Linux/Linux 5d844091f2370f01752c3129b147861b9dcd3d98 - 98703e4e061fb8715c7613cd227e32cdfd136b23
Linux/Linux 6.4
Linux/Linux 6.4.5 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.5
Published Dec 09, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026