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drm/msm/hdmi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/hdmi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue Add check for the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue as it may return NULL pointer and cause NULL pointer dereference in `hdmi_hdcp.c` and `hdmi_hpd.c`. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/517211/
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.14.308, 4.19.276, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 5.4.235, 6.1.16, 6.2.3
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-54018
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 09:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
drm/msm/hdmi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 24 Dec 2025, 10:55 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/hdmi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue Add check for the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue as it may return NULL pointer and cause NULL pointer dereference in `hdmi_hdcp.c` and `hdmi_hpd.c`. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/517211/
osv:CVE-2023-54018
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.14.308, 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3
Complete source record
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