CVE-2023-53755 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
4.7MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 90.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
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
▶CVEListV5linux/linux6fa7e0e836e23e2c758ac3930b040c8abbbf8a6f — 8ae2113702613207efc05453bc9a3df2b992bf45+3
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
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 pa↗2025-12-08
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 a↗2025-12-08