Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dpu: checked for a null return from devmkzalloc in dpuwritebackinit. Due to the possible failure of devmkzalloc, dpuwbconn might be NULL, which could lead to a null pointer derefrence later. Therefore, it might be better ...

CVE-2023-53284 drm/msm/dpu: check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in dpu_writeback_init()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dpu: check for null return of devmkzalloc in dpuwritebackinit Because of the possilble failure of devmkzalloc, dpuwbconn might be NULL and will cause null pointer dereference later. Therefore, it might be better to check ...

CVE-2023-53284 drm/msm/dpu: check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in dpu_writeback_init()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dpu: check for null return of devmkzalloc in dpuwritebackinit Because of the possilble failure of devmkzalloc, dpuwbconn might be NULL and will cause null pointer dereference later. Therefore, it might be better to check ...

CVE-2023-53284

The CVE-2023-53284 issue occurs in the Linux kernel DRM MSM DPU code path: if devm_kzalloc() fails during dpu_writeback_init(), dpu_wb_conn may become NULL and trigger a null pointer dereference later. The connected Astra Linux and SUSE advisories reproduce the same description and confirm the un...