drm/amd/display: Fix potential null dereference
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 sourcePublished 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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