CVE-2023-53223

MEDIUM EPSS 4.2%
Published Sep 15, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 15, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dsi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue Add check for the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue as it may return NULL pointer and cause NULL pointer dereference. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/517646/

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel* <4.14.308
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.15  –  <4.19.276
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.20  –  <5.4.235
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.173
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.99
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.16
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.2.3

References 8

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/115906ca7b535afb1fe7b5406c566ccd3873f82b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25a6499b1a53d854eda2b161b5c8a20296515dbe
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a9a4a9725c60f04326b5019a52ce15aee808506
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e18f157faeeb59034404569e8e07cbe1c0030a7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/540c66180afd59309a442d3bf1f2393464c8b4c5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dfe7a5386fde5a656ca06602b31bf50e26954cd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/759ea5677c362fb1e3edc667260ba9f409dc931d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9257974858ee847b2e1fd552691b8ba5c2fc1c7b
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/115906ca7b535afb1fe7b5406c566ccd3873f82b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25a6499b1a53d854eda2b161b5c8a20296515dbe
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a9a4a9725c60f04326b5019a52ce15aee808506
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e18f157faeeb59034404569e8e07cbe1c0030a7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/540c66180afd59309a442d3bf1f2393464c8b4c5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dfe7a5386fde5a656ca06602b31bf50e26954cd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/759ea5677c362fb1e3edc667260ba9f409dc931d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9257974858ee847b2e1fd552691b8ba5c2fc1c7b
    Patch