CVE-2023-53498 (GCVE-0-2023-53498)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-01 11:45
Modified
2025-10-29 13:18
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix potential null dereference The adev->dm.dc pointer can be NULL and dereferenced in amdgpu_dm_fini() without checking. Add a NULL pointer check before calling dc_dmub_srv_destroy(). Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
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Linux Linux Version: 9a71c7d31734f74549ad2bcd652c403c71e7c8d1
Version: 9a71c7d31734f74549ad2bcd652c403c71e7c8d1
Version: 9a71c7d31734f74549ad2bcd652c403c71e7c8d1
Version: 9a71c7d31734f74549ad2bcd652c403c71e7c8d1
Version: 9a71c7d31734f74549ad2bcd652c403c71e7c8d1
Version: 9a71c7d31734f74549ad2bcd652c403c71e7c8d1
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