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CVE-2023-53239
drm/msm/mdp5: Add check for kzalloc
Vulnerability 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/
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3975ea6eaffe26aec634b5c473e51dc76e73af62
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49907c8873826ee771ba0ca1629e809c6479f617
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82943a0730e00c14b03e25a4b2a1a9477ae89d7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc579a2ee8b2e20c152b24b437d094832d8c9c9e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37ff771ed008b9cbffd0eab77985968364694ce3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13fcfcb2a9a4787fe4e49841d728f6f2e9fa6911
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1cff7440a86e04a613665803b42034c467f035fa, 5.3, 0, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3, 6.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 15th, 2025
Last Modified:
May 11th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
No vector data available
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.