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CVE-2023-53837

UNSCORED

Description

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/

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.1.37-1CVE-2023-53837
Fixed in:6.3.7-1CVE-2023-53837
Fixed in:6.3.7-1CVE-2023-53837

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3.1 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days
10thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 10% of all known CVEs.

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