CVE-2023-53425

MEDIUM EPSS 3.4%
Published Sep 18, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 18, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: platform: mediatek: vpu: fix NULL ptr dereference If pdev is NULL, then it is still dereferenced. This fixes this smatch warning: drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vpu/mtk_vpu.c:570 vpu_load_firmware() warn: address of NULL pointer 'pdev'

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
3.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel* <4.14.324
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.15  –  <4.19.293
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.20  –  <5.4.255
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.192
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.128
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.47
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.4.12

References 8

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/099e929e7477f37ca16738fc158d7101c0189ca1
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b3f25d3894a091abc247eadab266a2c9be64389
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2caeb722f0ea5d2d24af30bb1753a89d449b6aa0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3df55cd773e8603b623425cc97b05e542854ad27
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d299e6e0ac3cf8ab4517dc29c9294bc4bf72398
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/776b34615a29551d69d82a0082e7319d5ea284bd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7bd48f0be84e24d21aa3a8f59a8a9cb8633a1c4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1c5826223ae05a48d21f6708c6f34ee9006238c
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/099e929e7477f37ca16738fc158d7101c0189ca1
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b3f25d3894a091abc247eadab266a2c9be64389
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2caeb722f0ea5d2d24af30bb1753a89d449b6aa0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3df55cd773e8603b623425cc97b05e542854ad27
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d299e6e0ac3cf8ab4517dc29c9294bc4bf72398
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/776b34615a29551d69d82a0082e7319d5ea284bd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7bd48f0be84e24d21aa3a8f59a8a9cb8633a1c4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1c5826223ae05a48d21f6708c6f34ee9006238c
    Patch