5.5

CVE-2023-53289: media: bdisp: Add missing check for create_workqueue

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53289DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53289
Published 16-09-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53289 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4.3% 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 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.15%
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 1 · Related 1
SUSE-SU-2025:4189-1

Timeline

  1. 16-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: bdisp: Add missing check for create_workqueue Add the check for the return value of the create_workqueue in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.15% 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.

Ubuntu123 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-162.179 | < 5.15.0-79.86
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1109.118 | < 5.15.0-1042.47
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 28ffeebbb7bdc0dd7899286b63f3c359d43d0a1a, < fc1aeafdf6fb0a136c2257000f0d478ee62953fe | ≥ 28ffeebbb7bdc0dd7899286b63f3c359d43d0a1a, < 2bfbe3ad371ac5349302833198df14e442622cbc | ≥ 28ffeebbb7bdc0dd7899286b63f3c359d43d0a1a, < c6a315f0b14074ac89723f55b749a557dda0ae2b | ≥ 28ffeebbb7bdc0dd7899286b63f3c359d43d0a1a, < 4362444dca02ab44ac844feda3cf6238ef953673 | ≥ 28ffeebbb7bdc0dd7899286b63f3c359d43d0a1a, < 519b0849401194745ea40f9e07513b870afc1b42 | ≥ 28ffeebbb7bdc0dd7899286b63f3c359d43d0a1a, < c2e55481731b0e8c96f30f661e430aa884fbd354 | ≥ 28ffeebbb7bdc0dd7899286b63f3c359d43d0a1a, < eef95a2745cb91559bb03aa111c228fe38deaf64 | ≥ 28ffeebbb7bdc0dd7899286b63f3c359d43d0a1a, < 0d09ce05724cfb3f5c5136893bec95305c641875 | ≥ 28ffeebbb7bdc0dd7899286b63f3c359d43d0a1a, < 2371adeab717d8fe32144a84f3491a03c5838cfb | 4.2
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.2, < 4.14.315 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.283 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.243 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.180 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.111 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.28 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.2.15 | ≥ 6.3, < 6.3.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.37-1 | < 6.3.7-1

3 vendors · 126 products

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