Linux Kernel up to 5.15.139/6.1.63/6.5.12/6.6.2 drm_dbg null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.139/6.1.63/6.5.12/6.6.2. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is the function drm_dbg. Executing a manipulation can lead to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-52788. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.139/6.1.63/6.5.12/6.6.2 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function drm_dbg. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i915/perf: Fix NULL deref bugs with drm_dbg() calls When i915 perf interface is not available dereferencing it will lead to NULL dereferences. As returning -ENOTSUPP is pretty clear return when perf interface is not available. [tursulin: added stable tag] (cherry picked from commit 36f27350ff745bd228ab04d7845dfbffc177a889)

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-52788. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 5.15.140, 6.1.64, 6.5.13 or 6.6.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 1566e8be73fd/55db76caa782/bf8e10503008/10f49cdfd5fb/471aa951bf12 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.15.139
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
• 6.1.12
• 6.1.13
• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.1.16
• 6.1.17
• 6.1.18
• 6.1.19
• 6.1.20
• 6.1.21
• 6.1.22
• 6.1.23
• 6.1.24
• 6.1.25
• 6.1.26
• 6.1.27
• 6.1.28
• 6.1.29
• 6.1.30
• 6.1.31
• 6.1.32
• 6.1.33
• 6.1.34
• 6.1.35
• 6.1.36
• 6.1.37
• 6.1.38
• 6.1.39
• 6.1.40
• 6.1.41
• 6.1.42
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• 6.1.48
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• 6.1.50
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• 6.1.53
• 6.1.54
• 6.1.55
• 6.1.56
• 6.1.57
• 6.1.58
• 6.1.59
• 6.1.60
• 6.1.61
• 6.1.62
• 6.1.63
• 6.5.0
• 6.5.1
• 6.5.2
• 6.5.3
• 6.5.4
• 6.5.5
• 6.5.6
• 6.5.7
• 6.5.8
• 6.5.9
• 6.5.10
• 6.5.11
• 6.5.12
• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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