CVE-2023-53223 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 15

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dsi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue Add check for the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue as it may return NULL pointer and cause NULL pointer dereference. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/517646/

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.15 — 4.19.276+6
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux0cf6c71d70d8aa39b8fd0e39c9009602a0e0d300 — 3e18f157faeeb59034404569e8e07cbe1c0030a7+8
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.20-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2023-53223: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dsi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue Add check for the retur↗2025-09-15
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GHSA
GHSA-rq5j-m653-58gg: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dsi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue Add check for the ret↗2025-09-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
kernel: drm/msm/dsi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue↗2025-09-15
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Debian
CVE-2023-53223: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dsi...↗2023
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