CVE-2023-53425

low-risk
Published 2025-09-18

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: platform: mediatek: vpu: fix NULL ptr dereference If pdev is NULL, then it is still dereferenced. This fixes this smatch warning: drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vpu/mtk_vpu.c:570 vpu_load_firmware() warn: address of NULL pointer 'pdev'

Do I need to act?

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0.01% 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 (8)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/099e929e7477f37ca16738fc158d7101c0189ca1
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b3f25d3894a091abc247eadab266a2c9be64389
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2caeb722f0ea5d2d24af30bb1753a89d449b6aa0
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3df55cd773e8603b623425cc97b05e542854ad27
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d299e6e0ac3cf8ab4517dc29c9294bc4bf72398
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/776b34615a29551d69d82a0082e7319d5ea284bd
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7bd48f0be84e24d21aa3a8f59a8a9cb8633a1c4
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1c5826223ae05a48d21f6708c6f34ee9006238c
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal