CVE-2023-53352 drm/ttm: check null pointer before accessing when swapping
A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's TTM memory manager can cause a system crash during buffer swapping.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-53352?
CVE-2023-53352 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 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/ttm: check null pointer before accessing when swapping
Add a check to avoid null pointer dereference as below:
[ 90.002283] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI [ 90.002292] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] [ 90.002346] ? exc_general_protection+0x159/0x240 [ 90.002352] ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x26/0x30 [ 90.002357] ? ttm_bo_evict_swapout_allowable+0x322/0x5e0 [ttm] [ 90.002365] ? ttm_bo_evict_swapout_allowable+0x42e/0x5e0 [ttm] [ 90.002373] ttm_bo_swapout+0x134/0x7f0 [ttm] [ 90.002383] ? __pfx_ttm_bo_swapout+0x10/0x10 [ttm] [ 90.002391] ? lock_acquire+0x44d/0x4f0 [ 90.002398] ? ttm_device_swapout+0xa5/0x260 [ttm] [ 90.002412] ? lock_acquired+0x355/0xa00 [ 90.002416] ? do_raw_spin_trylock+0xb6/0x190 [ 90.002421] ? __pfx_lock_acquired+0x10/0x10 [ 90.002426] ? ttm_global_swapout+0x25/0x210 [ttm] [ 90.002442] ttm_device_swapout+0x198/0x260 [ttm] [ 90.002456] ? __pfx_ttm_device_swapout+0x10/0x10 [ttm] [ 90.002472] ttm_global_swapout+0x75/0x210 [ttm] [ 90.002486] ttm_tt_populate+0x187/0x3f0 [ttm] [ 90.002501] ttm_bo_handle_move_mem+0x437/0x590 [ttm] [ 90.002517] ttm_bo_validate+0x275/0x430 [ttm] [ 90.002530] ? __pfx_ttm_bo_validate+0x10/0x10 [ttm] [ 90.002544] ? kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 [ 90.002550] ? kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 [ 90.002554] ? __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 [ 90.002558] ? amdgpu_gtt_mgr_new+0x81/0x420 [amdgpu] [ 90.003023] ? ttm_resource_alloc+0xf6/0x220 [ttm] [ 90.003038] amdgpu_bo_pin_restricted+0x2dd/0x8b0 [amdgpu] [ 90.003210] ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x131/0x1a0 [ 90.003210] ? do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53352?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2023-53352?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2023-53352 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53352 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-53352, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53352, GHSA-4x4q-m68v-2cwq, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53352.