CVE-2023-53837

drm/msm: fix NULL-deref on snapshot tear down

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: fix NULL-deref on snapshot tear down In case of early initialisation errors and on platforms that do not use
the DPU controller, the deinitilisation code can be called with the kms
pointer set to NULL. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/525099/

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: fix NULL-deref on snapshot tear down In case of early initialisation errors and on platforms that do not use the DPU controller, the deinitilisation code can be called with the kms pointer set to NULL. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/525099/

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 RT kernel was updated to fix various security issues.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-12-09 CVE Reserved
2025-12-09 CVE Published
2025-12-09 CVE Updated
2026-02-15 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98659487b845c05b6bed85d881713545db674c7c	Vuln. Introduced

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f0e1ad5327a3499e7f09157cb714302a856e8a4	2023-05-17
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16e0e6fb4511c004a5a0987d5bd75d9bcfb2b175	2023-05-17
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8eca32b5b92a0be956a8934d7eddf4f70c107927	2023-05-17
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19fe79ae816a7e3400df1eb4d27530bf9b8ae258	2023-05-17
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a465353b9250802f87b97123e33a17f51277f0b1	2023-04-06

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 5.14 < 5.15.112 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.14 < 5.15.112"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 5.14 < 6.1.29 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.14 < 6.1.29"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 5.14 < 6.2.16 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.14 < 6.2.16"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 5.14 < 6.3.3 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.14 < 6.3.3"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 5.14 < 6.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.14 < 6.4"		en		Affected