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CVE-2023-52911

kernel: drm/msm: another fix for the headless Adreno GPU

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 21, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was found in the Linux Kernel's drm/msm driver, affecting systems with an Adreno GPU running in headless mode, such as iMX platforms. The issue occurs in the msm_atomic_commit_tail function, which handles atomic commits in the DRM subsystem, and can cause a kernel crash due to a NULL pointer dereference during system reboot.

Statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not vulnerable to this CVE, as it does not affect the versions or configurations of the Linux Kernel used in its distributions.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is ei ther not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference