Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026
drm/msm/dsi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue
CVE-2023-53223
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm/dsi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue
Add check for the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue as it may return NULL pointer and cause NULL pointer dereference.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/517646/
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 3.12
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/115906ca7b535afb1fe7b5406c566ccd3873f82bmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/25a6499b1a53d854eda2b161b5c8a20296515dbemitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a9a4a9725c60f04326b5019a52ce15aee808506mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e18f157faeeb59034404569e8e07cbe1c0030a7mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/540c66180afd59309a442d3bf1f2393464c8b4c5mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dfe7a5386fde5a656ca06602b31bf50e26954cdmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/759ea5677c362fb1e3edc667260ba9f409dc931dmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9257974858ee847b2e1fd552691b8ba5c2fc1c7bmitre
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