CVE-2023-53425

5.5 MEDIUM
Published: September 18, 2025 Modified: December 11, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: platform: mediatek: vpu: fix NULL ptr dereference If pdev is NULL, then it is still dereferenced. This fixes this smatch warning: drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vpu/mtk_vpu.c:570 vpu_load_firmware() warn: address of NULL pointer 'pdev'

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/099e929e7477f37ca16738fc158d7101c0189ca1
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b3f25d3894a091abc247eadab266a2c9be64389
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2caeb722f0ea5d2d24af30bb1753a89d449b6aa0
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3df55cd773e8603b623425cc97b05e542854ad27
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d299e6e0ac3cf8ab4517dc29c9294bc4bf72398
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/776b34615a29551d69d82a0082e7319d5ea284bd
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7bd48f0be84e24d21aa3a8f59a8a9cb8633a1c4
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1c5826223ae05a48d21f6708c6f34ee9006238c
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
3th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

linux