CVE-2023-53223
Moderate
drm/msm/dsi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dsi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue Add check for the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue as it may return NULL pointer and cause NULL pointer dereference. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/517646/
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
September 15, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-53223
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dsi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue Add check for the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue as it may return NULL pointer and cause NULL pointer dereference. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/517646/
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/115906ca7b535afb1fe7b5406c566ccd3873f82b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25a6499b1a53d854eda2b161b5c8a20296515dbe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a9a4a9725c60f04326b5019a52ce15aee808506
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e18f157faeeb59034404569e8e07cbe1c0030a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/540c66180afd59309a442d3bf1f2393464c8b4c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dfe7a5386fde5a656ca06602b31bf50e26954cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/759ea5677c362fb1e3edc667260ba9f409dc931d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9257974858ee847b2e1fd552691b8ba5c2fc1c7b
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53223.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53223