PT-2025-49728 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-09 · Updated 2026-02-24 · CVE-2023-53837

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

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

Description A flaw exists in the Linux kernel’s drm/msm subsystem related to snapshot tear down. Specifically, the deinitialization code can be invoked with a NULL kms pointer in scenarios involving early initialization errors or on platforms lacking a DPU controller, leading to a potential NULL dereference.

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

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-53837

SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 975

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53837.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53837 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53837 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-53837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255996 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54118 · Note