5.5

CVE-2023-52470: drm/radeon: check the alloc_workqueue return value in radeon_crtc_init()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52470DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52470
Published 25-02-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-52470 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 33 · Related 31
DLA-3840-1DLA-3841-1RHSA-2024:2394RHSA-2024:7000RHSA-2024:7001SUSE-SU-2024:1320-1

Timeline

  1. 25-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/radeon: check the alloc_workqueue return value in radeon_crtc_init() check the alloc_workqueue return value in radeon_crtc_init() to avoid null-ptr-deref.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

22%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.29% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu116 products
  • linux< 4.4.0-258.292 | < 4.15.0-228.240 | < 5.4.0-176.196 | < 5.15.0-102.112
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1135.141 | < 4.4.0-1173.188 | < 4.15.0-1172.185 | < 5.4.0-1122.132 | < 5.15.0-1057.63
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ fa7f517cb26eb1a1a1f0baffcced39f6c3ec3337, < 21b1645660717d6126dd4866c850fcc5c4703a41 | ≥ fa7f517cb26eb1a1a1f0baffcced39f6c3ec3337, < 5d12c5d75f7c78b83a738025947651ec5c95b4d4 | ≥ fa7f517cb26eb1a1a1f0baffcced39f6c3ec3337, < 57ca7984806d79b38af528de88fd803babf27feb | ≥ fa7f517cb26eb1a1a1f0baffcced39f6c3ec3337, < 14bbfaa5df273b26cde6707f6e655585700e6fe1 | ≥ fa7f517cb26eb1a1a1f0baffcced39f6c3ec3337, < c4ff55408187f2595066967047363ca84e76db85 | ≥ fa7f517cb26eb1a1a1f0baffcced39f6c3ec3337, < 0b813a6a0087451cb702b6eb841f10856f49d088 | ≥ fa7f517cb26eb1a1a1f0baffcced39f6c3ec3337, < fb2d8bc9b5e55848b8a7c3c028e2ee8d49f28f97 | ≥ fa7f517cb26eb1a1a1f0baffcced39f6c3ec3337, < 7a2464fac80d42f6f8819fed97a553e9c2f43310 | 3.16
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.16.0, < 4.19.306 | ≥ 4.20.0, < 5.4.268 | ≥ 5.5.0, < 5.10.209 | ≥ 5.11.0, < 5.15.148 | ≥ 5.16.0, < 6.1.75 | ≥ 6.2.0, < 6.6.14 | ≥ 6.7.0, < 6.7.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.76-1 | < 6.6.15-1

3 vendors · 119 products

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