Vulnerability · Published May 21, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-52821drm/panel: fix a possible null pointer dereference

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/panel: fix a possible null pointer dereference In versatile_panel_get_modes(), the return value of drm_mode_duplicate() is assigned to mode, which will lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of drm_mode_duplicate(). Add a check to avoid npd.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.64-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52821
Debian:13linux6.6.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52821
Debian:14linux6.6.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-100.110UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1056.61UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1058.66UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1058.66.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1053.61UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1052.57UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1038.44UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1048.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1050.56UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1052.57UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-100.110UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1046.46UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.56.5.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1025.25UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1053.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1048.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1030.34UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52821

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux f40f5b87d974655984ce545515e5c9e57b371b3c – before c7dc0aca5962fb37dbea9769dd26ec37813faae1f40f5b87d974655984ce545515e5c9e57b371b3c – before 2381f6b628b3214f07375e0adf5ce17093c31190f40f5b87d974655984ce545515e5c9e57b371b3c – before 79813cd59398015867d51e6d7dcc14d287d4c402f40f5b87d974655984ce545515e5c9e57b371b3c – before 4fa930ba046d20fc1899770396ee11e905fa96e4f40f5b87d974655984ce545515e5c9e57b371b3c – before 8a9dd36fcb4f3906982b82593393578db4479992f40f5b87d974655984ce545515e5c9e57b371b3c – before 924e5814d1f84e6fa5cb19c6eceb69f066225229
Linux Linux 4.17

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