MediumFix available
drm/msm/mdp5: Add check for kzalloc
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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/
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 5.4.235, 6.1.16, 6.2.3
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-53239
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 6 Nov 2026, 18:35 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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/
osv:CVE-2023-53239
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3
Complete source record
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