CVE-2023-52861
kernel: drm: bridge: it66121: Fix invalid connector dereference
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 21, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm: bridge: it66121: Fix invalid connector dereference
Fix the NULL pointer dereference when no monitor is connected, and the sound card is opened from userspace.
Instead return an empty buffer (of zeroes) as the EDID information to the sound framework if there is no connector attached.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference