VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-53239
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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.16%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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/
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.16% probability · 5th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13fcfcb2a9a4787fe4e49841d728f6f2e9fa6911Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37ff771ed008b9cbffd0eab77985968364694ce3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3975ea6eaffe26aec634b5c473e51dc76e73af62Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49907c8873826ee771ba0ca1629e809c6479f617Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82943a0730e00c14b03e25a4b2a1a9477ae89d7bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc579a2ee8b2e20c152b24b437d094832d8c9c9ePatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.