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CVE-2023-53239

kernel: drm/msm/mdp5: Add check for kzalloc

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Severity

Unknown

Red Hat Product Security

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CVSS

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Published · September 15, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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/

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE not specified