CVE-2023-53837

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/

CVSS

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References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16e0e6fb4511c004a5a0987d5bd75d9bcfb2b175
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19fe79ae816a7e3400df1eb4d27530bf9b8ae258
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8eca32b5b92a0be956a8934d7eddf4f70c107927
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f0e1ad5327a3499e7f09157cb714302a856e8a4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a465353b9250802f87b97123e33a17f51277f0b1

Configurations

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History

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Information

Published : 2025-12-09 16:17

Updated : 2026-06-17 06:46

NVD link : CVE-2023-53837

Mitre link : CVE-2023-53837

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-53837

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Products Affected

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CWE

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