CVE-2023-53239 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 15
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm/mdp5: Add check for kzalloc
As kzalloc may fail and return NULL pointer,
it should be better to check the return value
in order to avoid the NULL pointer dereference.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/514154/
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 Packages5 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux1cff7440a86e04a613665803b42034c467f035fa — 3975ea6eaffe26aec634b5c473e51dc76e73af62+6
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
10GHSA▶
GHSA-jx3w-ww7j-892q: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm/mdp5: Add check for kzalloc
As kzalloc may fail and return NULL pointer,↗2025-09-15
OSV▶
CVE-2023-53239: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/mdp5: Add check for kzalloc As kzalloc may fail and return NULL pointer, i↗2025-09-15