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CVE-2023-53239
drm/msm/mdp5: Add check for kzalloc
Medium5.5EPSS 0.16%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
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/
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 1cff7440a86e04a613665803b42034c467f035fa – < 3975ea6eaffe26aec634b5c473e51dc76e73af62
- affected 1cff7440a86e04a613665803b42034c467f035fa – < 49907c8873826ee771ba0ca1629e809c6479f617
- affected 1cff7440a86e04a613665803b42034c467f035fa – < 82943a0730e00c14b03e25a4b2a1a9477ae89d7b
- affected 1cff7440a86e04a613665803b42034c467f035fa – < bc579a2ee8b2e20c152b24b437d094832d8c9c9e
- affected 1cff7440a86e04a613665803b42034c467f035fa – < 37ff771ed008b9cbffd0eab77985968364694ce3
- affected 1cff7440a86e04a613665803b42034c467f035fa – < 13fcfcb2a9a4787fe4e49841d728f6f2e9fa6911
- affected 5.3
- unaffected < 5.3
- unaffected 5.4.235 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.173 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.99 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.16 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.2.3 – ≤ 6.2.*
- unaffected 6.3 – ≤ *
References (6)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3975ea6eaffe26aec634b5c473e51dc76e73af62 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49907c8873826ee771ba0ca1629e809c6479f617 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82943a0730e00c14b03e25a4b2a1a9477ae89d7b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc579a2ee8b2e20c152b24b437d094832d8c9c9e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37ff771ed008b9cbffd0eab77985968364694ce3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13fcfcb2a9a4787fe4e49841d728f6f2e9fa6911 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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