CVE-2023-53806

drm/amd/display: populate subvp cmd info only for the top pipe

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: populate subvp cmd info only for the top pipe [Why] System restart observed while changing the display resolution to 8k with extended mode. Sytem restart was caused by a page fault. [How] When the driver populates subvp info it did it for both the pipes using vblank which caused an outof bounds array access causing the page fault. added checks to allow the top pipe only to fix this issue.

Affected

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

4.15 ≤ v < 6.1.304.15 ≤ v < 6.3.44.15 ≤ v < 6.44.154562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c
Vendor states this is fixed in 375d192eb1f1d9229a6d994da7ba31f3582b106b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 92e6c79acad4b96efeff261d27bdbd8089a7dd24 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9bb10b7aaec3b6278f9cc410c17dcaa129bbbbf0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.30 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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