CVE-2023-53325 drm/mediatek: dp: Change logging to dev for mtk_dp_aux_transfer()

What is CVE-2023-53325?

CVE-2023-53325 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/mediatek: dp: Change logging to dev for mtk_dp_aux_transfer()

Change logging from drm_{err,info}() to dev_{err,info}() in functions mtk_dp_aux_transfer() and mtk_dp_aux_do_transfer(): this will be essential to avoid getting NULL pointer kernel panics if any kind of error happens during AUX transfers happening before the bridge is attached.

This may potentially start happening in a later commit implementing aux-bus support, as AUX transfers will be triggered from the panel driver (for EDID) before the mtk-dp bridge gets attached, and it's done in preparation for the same.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53325?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2023-53325?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2023-53325 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53325 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

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• 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

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-53325, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53325, GHSA-839c-hg3j-vc54, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2023-53325, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53325.