media: platform: mediatek: vpu: fix NULL ptr dereference
Priority LOW 24CWE-476Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
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'
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00149 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 4.14.324, 4.19.293, 5.4.255 +5
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 4.8 and later | 4.14.324, 4.19.293, 5.4.255, 5.10.192, 5.15.128, 6.1.47, 6.4.12, 6.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.8 and later Fixed in 4.14.324, 4.19.293, 5.4.255, 5.10.192, 5.15.128, 6.1.47, 6.4.12, 6.5 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 4.14.324; 4.15 to before 4.19.293; 4.20 to before 5.4.255; 5.5 to before 5.10.192; 5.11 to before 5.15.128; 5.16 to before 6.1.47; 6.2 to before 6.4.12 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.14.324; 4.15 to before 4.19.293; 4.20 to before 5.4.255; 5.5 to before 5.10.192; 5.11 to before 5.15.128; 5.16 to before 6.1.47; 6.2 to before 6.4.12 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.14.324, 4.19.293, 5.4.255, 5.10.192, 5.15.128, 6.1.47, 6.4.12, 6.5
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-53425
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mgh8-mjvw-m7j5
References
Patch 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/099e929e7477f37ca16738fc158d7101c0189ca1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b3f25d3894a091abc247eadab266a2c9be64389
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1c5826223ae05a48d21f6708c6f34ee9006238c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2caeb722f0ea5d2d24af30bb1753a89d449b6aa0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/776b34615a29551d69d82a0082e7319d5ea284bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7bd48f0be84e24d21aa3a8f59a8a9cb8633a1c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d299e6e0ac3cf8ab4517dc29c9294bc4bf72398
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3df55cd773e8603b623425cc97b05e542854ad27
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Sources
- CVE-2023-53425 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-53425 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mgh8-mjvw-m7j5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-53425 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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