CVE-2023-53289 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 16

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: bdisp: Add missing check for create_workqueue Add the check for the return value of the create_workqueue in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

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_kernel4.2 — 4.14.315+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.191-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux28ffeebbb7bdc0dd7899286b63f3c359d43d0a1a — fc1aeafdf6fb0a136c2257000f0d478ee62953fe+9
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.37-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2023-53289: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: bdisp: Add missing check for create_workqueue Add the check for the return↗2025-09-16
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GHSA
GHSA-f34c-fh2q-rwh2: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: bdisp: Add missing check for create_workqueue Add the check for the retur↗2025-09-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: media: bdisp: Add missing check for create_workqueue↗2025-09-16
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Debian
CVE-2023-53289: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: bdis...↗2023
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