CVE-2023-53837

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53837
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53837.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53837
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-12-09T01:29:53.194Z
Modified
2026-03-20T12:33:22.262171Z
Summary
drm/msm: fix NULL-deref on snapshot tear down
Details

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/

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53837.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
98659487b845c05b6bed85d881713545db674c7c
Fixed
8f0e1ad5327a3499e7f09157cb714302a856e8a4
Fixed
16e0e6fb4511c004a5a0987d5bd75d9bcfb2b175
Fixed
8eca32b5b92a0be956a8934d7eddf4f70c107927
Fixed
19fe79ae816a7e3400df1eb4d27530bf9b8ae258
Fixed
a465353b9250802f87b97123e33a17f51277f0b1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53837.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.14.0
Fixed
5.15.112
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.29
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.2.16
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.3.0
Fixed
6.3.3

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53837.json"