Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Jun 28, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-3355
CVE-2023-3355
Description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c code in the submit_lookup_cmds function, which fails because it lacks a check of the return value of kmalloc(). This issue allows a local user to crash the system.
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Affected products
15cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6+ 3 more
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
(expand)+ 9 more
- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <6.1
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
3- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdMailing ListPatch
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3355nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
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