{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"CVE-2023-53284","published":"2025-09-16T08:11:17.741Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:09.461903228Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1","SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1"],"summary":"drm/msm/dpu: check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in dpu_writeback_init()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/msm/dpu: check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in dpu_writeback_init()\n\nBecause of the possilble failure of devm_kzalloc(), dpu_wb_conn might\nbe NULL and will cause null pointer dereference later.\n\nTherefore, it might be better to check it and directly return -ENOMEM.\n\nPatchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/512277/\n[DB: fixed typo in commit message]","affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"77b001acdcfeb892842caac49fb7f0d286b29c43"},{"fixed":"3723c4dbcd14cc96771000ce0b0540801e6ba059"},{"fixed":"5ee51b19855c5dd72aca57b8014f3b70d7798733"},{"fixed":"21e9a838f505178e109ccb3bf19d7808eb0326f4"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53284.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.19.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.16"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.3"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53284.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21e9a838f505178e109ccb3bf19d7808eb0326f4"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3723c4dbcd14cc96771000ce0b0540801e6ba059"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ee51b19855c5dd72aca57b8014f3b70d7798733"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53284.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53284"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53284.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}