CVE-2023-53239NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
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

NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.35.4.235+4
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 4.4.0-271.305+1
CVEListV5linux/linux1cff7440a86e04a613665803b42034c467f035fa3975ea6eaffe26aec634b5c473e51dc76e73af62+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.20-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

10
GHSA
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, i2025-09-15
OSV
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OSV
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OSV
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: drm/msm/mdp5: Add check for kzalloc2025-09-15
Debian
CVE-2023-53239: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/mdp...2023
CVE-2023-53239 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux | cvebase