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CVE-2023-53244
published 2025-09-15

CVE-2023-53244: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: pci: tw68: Fix null-ptr-deref bug in buf prepare and finish When the driver calls…

PriorityP421medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.14%
3.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: pci: tw68: Fix null-ptr-deref bug in buf prepare and finish When the driver calls tw68_risc_buffer() to prepare the buffer, the function call dma_alloc_coherent may fail, resulting in a empty buffer buf->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 tw68_risc_buffer() and the value of buf->cpu before buffer free.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.37-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.37-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= e15d1c12c5878b3a80d6573af1721e17264e0286 < dcf632bca424e6ff8c8eb89c96694e7f05cd29b6dcf632bca424e6ff8c8eb89c96694e7f05cd29b6
linuxlinux>= e15d1c12c5878b3a80d6573af1721e17264e0286 < 3c67f49a6643d973e83968ea35806c7b5ae68b563c67f49a6643d973e83968ea35806c7b5ae68b56
linuxlinux>= e15d1c12c5878b3a80d6573af1721e17264e0286 < 3715c5e9a8f96b6ed0dcbea06da443efccac1ecc3715c5e9a8f96b6ed0dcbea06da443efccac1ecc
linuxlinux>= e15d1c12c5878b3a80d6573af1721e17264e0286 < 1634b7adcc5bef645b3666fdd564e5952a9e24e01634b7adcc5bef645b3666fdd564e5952a9e24e0
linuxlinux_kernel< 5.15.1135.15.113
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.37-16.1.37-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.3.7-16.3.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.3.7-16.3.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.306.1.30
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.3.46.3.4

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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