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CVE-2023-53388 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/mediatek: Clean dangling pointer on bind error path mtk_drm_bind() can fail, in which case drm_dev_put() is called, destroying the drm_device object. However a pointer to it was still being held in the private object, and that pointer would be passed along to DRM in mtk_drm_sys_prepare() if a suspend were triggered at that point, resulting in a panic. Clean the pointer when destroying the object in the error path to prevent this from happening.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36aa8c61af55675ed967900fbe5deb32d776f051 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49cf87919daeeeeeb9e924c39bdd9203af434461 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a89ddee1686a8872384aaa9f0bcfa6b675acd86 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b551a501fa714890e55bae73efede1185728d72 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a48f99aa7bea15e0b1d8b0040c46b4792eddf3b kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a161f1d92aabb3b8463f752bdc3474dc3a5ec0e5 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3887c771576c5d740c5c5b8bf654a8ab8020b7d kernel.org Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-53388
NVD Published Date:
09/18/2025
NVD Last Modified:
01/14/2026
Source:
kernel.org