CVE-2023-53284 drm/msm/dpu: check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in dpu_writeback_init()

What is CVE-2023-53284?

CVE-2023-53284 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/msm/dpu: check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in dpu_writeback_init()

Because of the possilble failure of devm_kzalloc(), dpu_wb_conn might be NULL and will cause null pointer dereference later.

Therefore, it might be better to check it and directly return -ENOMEM.

Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/512277/ [DB: fixed typo in commit message]

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53284?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2023-53284?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2023-53284 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53284 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-53284, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53284, GHSA-vp8c-vqq5-23j3, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53284.