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drm/amd/display: Fix potential null dereference

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix potential null dereference The adev->dm.dc pointer can be NULL and dereferenced in amdgpu_dm_fini() without checking. Add a NULL pointer check before calling dc_dmub_srv_destroy(). Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.246, 5.15.111, 6.1.28, 6.2.15, 6.3.2
CVEs
CVE-2023-53498
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
6 Nov 2026, 01:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

drm/amd/display: Fix potential null dereference

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Oct 2025, 11:45 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix potential null dereference The adev->dm.dc pointer can be NULL and dereferenced in amdgpu_dm_fini() without checking. Add a NULL pointer check before calling dc_dmub_srv_destroy(). Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

osv:CVE-2023-53498

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.10.246, 5.15.111, 6.1.28, 6.2.15, 6.3.2

Complete source record
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