Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-23004 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel before 5.19, drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_planes.c misinterprets the get_sg_table return value (expects it to be NULL in the error case, whereas it is actually an error pointer).
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/15342f930ebebcfe36f2415049736a77d7d2e045
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/15342f930ebebcfe36f2415049736a77d7d2e045
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html