PT-2025-49672 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2025-12-09 · Updated 2025-12-10 · CVE-2023-53812

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw within the MediaTek video codec component related to runtime power management. Specifically, a crash can occur when attempting to disable power management (pm runtime disable) if the architecture support sub-device is NULL. This can lead to system instability. The issue is observed during decoder disabling. The crash log indicates a problem within the raw spin lock irq and pm runtime disable functions, triggered during the mtk vcodec probe function.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-53812

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Mediatek Video Codec

References · 19

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53812.json · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53812 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-53812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53812 · Security Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/39165 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1998198616209436974 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c692a44bc5146eb487f40798a1ea8dd57fd2607d · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/9d2f13fb47dcab6d094f34ecfd6a879a409722b3 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1998251960206524882 · Twitter Post