PT-2025-41122 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Published 2023-02-15 · Updated 2025-10-08 · CVE-2023-53678

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.2.0-rc7+ #54

Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw in the drm/i915 subsystem related to system suspend functionality when fbdev is not initialized. Specifically, the issue occurs when attempting to suspend fbdev on platforms without a display, leading to a kernel NULL pointer dereference. This can result in a system crash during the suspend process.

Recommendations Update to a version newer than 6.2.0-rc7+ #54.

Exploit

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-664

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880

BDU:2026-04470

CESA-2023_7077

CVE-2023-53678

RHSA-2023:6583

RHSA-2023:7077

RHSA-2023_6583

RHSA-2023_7077

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 19

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53678.json · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53678 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ed572d5a0f1509e691a75a0e3d3588050371f1e · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53678 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53678 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53678 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27b5871abd5cc068c549fd23062c82e257fc0b9c · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-53678 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8038510b1fe443ffbc0e356db5f47cbb8678a594 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53678 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53678 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53678 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-04470 · Security Note
• https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100708-CVE-2023-53678-b370@gregkh/T · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1975589954790260843 · Twitter Post