CVE-2023-53325 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 16
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/mediatek: dp: Change logging to dev for mtk_dp_aux_transfer()
Change logging from drm_{err,info}() to dev_{err,info}() in functions
mtk_dp_aux_transfer() and mtk_dp_aux_do_transfer(): this will be
essential to avoid getting NULL pointer kernel panics if any kind
of error happens during AUX transfers happening before the bridge
is attached.
This may potentially start happening in a later commit implementing
aux-bus support…
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
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxf70ac097a2cf5d4b67b2c1bbb73196c573ffcb7b — 4c743c1dd2ee2a72951660b6798d4d7f7674f87b+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-839c-hg3j-vc54: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/mediatek: dp: Change logging to dev for mtk_dp_aux_transfer()
Change logging↗2025-09-16
OSV▶
CVE-2023-53325: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/mediatek: dp: Change logging to dev for mtk_dp_aux_transfer() Change logging f↗2025-09-16