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CVE-2023-53244

MEDIUM 5.5

media: pci: tw68: Fix null-ptr-deref bug in buf prepare and finish

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: pci: tw68: Fix null-ptr-deref bug in buf prepare and finish When the driver calls tw68_risc_buffer() to prepare the buffer, the function call dma_alloc_coherent may fail, resulting in a empty buffer buf->cpu. Later when we free the buffer or access the buffer, null ptr deref is triggered. This bug is similar to the following one: https://git.linuxtv.org/media_stage.git/commit/?id=2b064d91440b33fba5b452f2d1b31f13ae911d71. We believe the bug can be also dynamically triggered from user side. Similarly, we fix this by checking the return value of tw68_risc_buffer() and the value of buf->cpu before buffer free.

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Product linux
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Published Sep 15, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
e15d1c12c5878b3a80d6573af1721e17264e0286 < dcf632bca424e6ff8c8eb89c96694e7f05cd29b6 e15d1c12c5878b3a80d6573af1721e17264e0286 < 3c67f49a6643d973e83968ea35806c7b5ae68b56 e15d1c12c5878b3a80d6573af1721e17264e0286 < 3715c5e9a8f96b6ed0dcbea06da443efccac1ecc e15d1c12c5878b3a80d6573af1721e17264e0286 < 1634b7adcc5bef645b3666fdd564e5952a9e24e0
Linux / Linux
3.18

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcf632bca424e6ff8c8eb89c96694e7f05cd29b6 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c67f49a6643d973e83968ea35806c7b5ae68b56 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3715c5e9a8f96b6ed0dcbea06da443efccac1ecc git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1634b7adcc5bef645b3666fdd564e5952a9e24e0