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CVE-2023-53239 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/mdp5: Add check for kzalloc As kzalloc may fail and return NULL pointer, it should be better to check the return value in order to avoid the NULL pointer dereference. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/514154/


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13fcfcb2a9a4787fe4e49841d728f6f2e9fa6911 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37ff771ed008b9cbffd0eab77985968364694ce3 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3975ea6eaffe26aec634b5c473e51dc76e73af62 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49907c8873826ee771ba0ca1629e809c6479f617 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82943a0730e00c14b03e25a4b2a1a9477ae89d7b kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc579a2ee8b2e20c152b24b437d094832d8c9c9e kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-53239
NVD Published Date:
09/15/2025
NVD Last Modified:
09/15/2025
Source:
kernel.org