CVE-2023-52586

drm/msm/dpu: Add mutex lock in control vblank irq

HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: March 6, 2024 at 06:45 AM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dpu: Add mutex lock in control vblank irq Add a mutex lock to control vblank irq to synchronize vblank enable/disable operations happening from different threads to prevent race conditions while registering/unregistering the vblank irq callback. v4: -Removed vblank_ctl_lock from dpu_encoder_virt, so it is only a parameter of dpu_encoder_phys. -Switch from atomic refcnt to a simple int counter as mutex has now been added v3: Mistakenly did not change wording in last version. It is done now. v2: Slightly changed wording of commit message Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/571854/

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 6.7.425fdd5933e4c0f5fe2ea5cd59994f8ac5fbe90ef4.19
Vendor states this is fixed in 14f109bf74dd67e1d0469fed859c8e506b0df53f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 45284ff733e4caf6c118aae5131eb7e7cf3eea5a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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