CVE-2023-53239

low-risk
Published 2025-09-15

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/

Do I need to act?

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0.02% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (6)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13fcfcb2a9a4787fe4e49841d728f6f2e9fa6911
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37ff771ed008b9cbffd0eab77985968364694ce3
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3975ea6eaffe26aec634b5c473e51dc76e73af62
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49907c8873826ee771ba0ca1629e809c6479f617
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82943a0730e00c14b03e25a4b2a1a9477ae89d7b
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc579a2ee8b2e20c152b24b437d094832d8c9c9e
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal