CVE-2023-53837

CVE-2023-53837: reported vulnerability affecting the affected product. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
CVE-2023-53837Linux

CVE-2023-53837

CVE-2023-53837: reported vulnerability affecting the affected product. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.

CVSS
-
EPSS
13.89%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
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What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: fix NULL-deref on snapshot tear down In case of early initialisation errors and on platforms that do not use the DPU controller, the deinitilisation code can be called with the kms pointer set to NULL. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/525099/

Business impact

Successful exploitation of CVE-2023-53837, a reported vulnerability affecting the affected product, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.

Recommended administrator action

Confirm whether the affected product is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.

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