CVE-2023-53336NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ipu-bridge: Fix null pointer deref on SSDB/PLD parsing warnings When ipu_bridge_parse_rotation() and ipu_bridge_parse_orientation() run sensor->adev is not set yet. So if either of the dev_warn() calls about unknown values are hit this will lead to a NULL pointer deref. Set sensor->adev earlier, with a borrowed ref to avoid making unrolling on errors harder, to fix this.

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_kernel5.166.4.16+1
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.5.3-1+1
CVEListV5linux/linux485aa3df0dffa62d347ea4e0116f549338accc593de35e29cfddfe6bff762b15bcfe8d80bebac6cb+3
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.5.3-1 (forky)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2023-53336: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ipu-bridge: Fix null pointer deref on SSDB/PLD parsing warnings When ipu_br2025-09-17
GHSA
GHSA-pj73-4v3v-x53g: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ipu-bridge: Fix null pointer deref on SSDB/PLD parsing warnings When ipu_2025-09-17

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: media: ipu-bridge: Fix null pointer deref on SSDB/PLD parsing warnings2025-09-17
Debian
CVE-2023-53336: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ipu-...2023
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