CVE-2023-53239

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/mdp5: Add check for kzalloc As kzalloc may fail and return NULL pointer, it should be better to check the return value in order to avoid the NULL pointer dereference. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/514154/

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 5

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.3  –  <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 6

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13fcfcb2a9a4787fe4e49841d728f6f2e9fa6911
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37ff771ed008b9cbffd0eab77985968364694ce3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3975ea6eaffe26aec634b5c473e51dc76e73af62
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49907c8873826ee771ba0ca1629e809c6479f617
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82943a0730e00c14b03e25a4b2a1a9477ae89d7b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc579a2ee8b2e20c152b24b437d094832d8c9c9e
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13fcfcb2a9a4787fe4e49841d728f6f2e9fa6911
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37ff771ed008b9cbffd0eab77985968364694ce3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3975ea6eaffe26aec634b5c473e51dc76e73af62
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49907c8873826ee771ba0ca1629e809c6479f617
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82943a0730e00c14b03e25a4b2a1a9477ae89d7b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc579a2ee8b2e20c152b24b437d094832d8c9c9e
    Patch