In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm/dpu: check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in dpu_writeback_init()
Because of the possilble failure of devm_kzalloc(), dpu_wb_conn might
be NULL and will cause null pointer dereference later.
Therefore, it might be better to check it and directly return -ENOMEM.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/512277/
[DB: fixed typo in commit message]
drm/msm/dpu: check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in dpu_writeback_init()
Because of the possilble failure of devm_kzalloc(), dpu_wb_conn might
be NULL and will cause null pointer dereference later.
Therefore, it might be better to check it and directly return -ENOMEM.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/512277/
[DB: fixed typo in commit message]
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Tue, 16 Sep 2025 08:15:00 +0000
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Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dpu: check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in dpu_writeback_init() Because of the possilble failure of devm_kzalloc(), dpu_wb_conn might be NULL and will cause null pointer dereference later. Therefore, it might be better to check it and directly return -ENOMEM. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/512277/ [DB: fixed typo in commit message] | |
Title | drm/msm/dpu: check for null return of devm_kzalloc() in dpu_writeback_init() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-09-16T08:11:17.741Z
Reserved: 2025-09-16T08:09:37.991Z
Link: CVE-2023-53284

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