CVE-2023-53755NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
4.7MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 8

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: ptdma: check for null desc before calling pt_cmd_callback Resolves a panic that can occur on AMD systems, typically during host shutdown, after the PTDMA driver had been exercised. The issue was the pt_issue_pending() function is mistakenly assuming that there will be at least one descriptor in the Submitted queue when the function is called. However, it is possible that both the Submitted and Issued queues could be

Affected Packages4 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.18.06.1.16+1
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.20-1+2
CVEListV5linux/linux6fa7e0e836e23e2c758ac3930b040c8abbbf8a6f8ae2113702613207efc05453bc9a3df2b992bf45+3
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.20-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
CVE-2023-53755: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: ptdma: check for null desc before calling pt_cmd_callback Resolves a pa2025-12-08
OSV
dmaengine: ptdma: check for null desc before calling pt_cmd_callback2025-12-08
GHSA
GHSA-x28w-7692-rg3v: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: ptdma: check for null desc before calling pt_cmd_callback Resolves a2025-12-08

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: dmaengine: ptdma: check for null desc before calling pt_cmd_callback2025-12-08
Debian
CVE-2023-53755: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: ...2023