linux — security advisory
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/
- Products
- linux
- Affected versions
- 6.1.27-1
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.37-1, 6.3.7-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-53837
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 15:11 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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/
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53837
linux
Fixed versions: 6.1.37-1
linux
Fixed versions: 6.3.7-1
linux
Fixed versions: 6.3.7-1
Complete source record
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