5.5

CVE-2023-53498: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53498DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53498
Published 01-10-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53498 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.16%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4
DLA-4404-1SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1SUSE-SU-2025:3716-1SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1

Timeline

  1. 01-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix potential null dereference The adev->dm.dc pointer can be NULL and dereferenced in amdgpu_dm_fini() without checking. Add a NULL pointer check before calling dc_dmub_srv_destroy(). Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.16% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.16%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu108 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-79.86
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1042.47
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 9a71c7d31734f74549ad2bcd652c403c71e7c8d1, < 624a60911b71af08a912ee8a296b271b3e7b34ab | ≥ 9a71c7d31734f74549ad2bcd652c403c71e7c8d1, < 4b1afffdd94093118b3cc235ef2b4d2520fb4950 | ≥ 9a71c7d31734f74549ad2bcd652c403c71e7c8d1, < b75aaebac265e3f29863699d9a929fdfba13d0a4 | ≥ 9a71c7d31734f74549ad2bcd652c403c71e7c8d1, < 281933f36a53fed1c2993a92cf1edfb424595474 | ≥ 9a71c7d31734f74549ad2bcd652c403c71e7c8d1, < d4b749771fed3f99bbe8880eaab32a05ede0e5fa | ≥ 9a71c7d31734f74549ad2bcd652c403c71e7c8d1, < 52f1783ff4146344342422c1cd94fcb4ce39b6fe | 5.6
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.6, < 5.10.246 | ≥ 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 · 111 products

References

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