CVE-2023-53837 | drm/msm: fix NULL-deref on snapshot tear down

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: fix NULL-deref on snapshot tear down In case of early initialisation errors and on platforms that do not use the DPU controller, the deinitilisation code can be called with the kms pointer set to NULL. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/525099/

Published: 2025-12-09 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-53837 is rated Low Risk (10.1/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.20%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-53837

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.20% +0.18%
2 2025-12-09 0.02%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-53837

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-53837

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-53837

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2023-53837 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53837
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53837
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53837/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-53837 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 172, released 112, not-affected 110, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53837

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-53837

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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References for CVE-2023-53837

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