CVE-2023-53223

drm/msm/dsi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue

Medium · published September 15, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/msm/dsi: 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.

Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/517646/

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00160 · 4.8th percentile
Published
2025-09-15T14:21Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 SEP 14:21Z
    drm/msm/dsi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue
    cvelistv5