Not yet scoredPublished Dec 8, 2025

CVE-2023-53837drm/msm: fix NULL-deref on snapshot tear down

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 5:50 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: fix NULL-deref on snapshot tear down In case of early initialisation errors and on platforms that do not use the DPU controller, the deinitilisation code can be called with the kms pointer set to NULL. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/525099/

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	98659487b845c05b6bed85d881713545db674c7c builds before 8f0e1ad5327a3499e7f09157cb714302a856e8a4; 98659487b845c05b6bed85d881713545db674c7c builds before 16e0e6fb4511c004a5a0987d5bd75d9bcfb2b175; 98659487b845c05b6bed85d881713545db674c7c builds before 8eca32b5b92a0be956a8934d7eddf4f70c107927; 98659487b845c05b6bed85d881713545db674c7c builds before 19fe79ae816a7e3400df1eb4d27530bf9b8ae258; from 98659487b845c05b6bed85d881713545db674c7c before a465353b9250802f87b97123e33a17f51277f0b1	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f0e1ad5327a3499e7f09157cb714302a856e8a4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16e0e6fb4511c004a5a0987d5bd75d9bcfb2b175
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8eca32b5b92a0be956a8934d7eddf4f70c107927
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19fe79ae816a7e3400df1eb4d27530bf9b8ae258
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a465353b9250802f87b97123e33a17f51277f0b1

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