CVE-2023-53833

drm/i915: Fix NULL ptr deref by checking new_crtc_state

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Published: December 9, 2025 at 01:29 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:46 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: Fix NULL ptr deref by checking new_crtc_state intel_atomic_get_new_crtc_state can return NULL, unless crtc state wasn't obtained previously with intel_atomic_get_crtc_state, so we must check it for NULLness here, just as in many other places, where we can't guarantee that intel_atomic_get_crtc_state was called. We are currently getting NULL ptr deref because of that, so this fix was confirmed to help. (cherry picked from commit 1d5b09f8daf859247a1ea65b0d732a24d88980d8)

Affected

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

5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.305.16 ≤ v < 6.3.45.16 ≤ v < 6.45.1674a75dc908692dd0548209004e53832c02433c0c
Vendor states this is fixed in 8b3c0d2d1685ba40b0af4ee1f8d8824a73870f88 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a41d985902c153c31c616fe183cf2ee331e95ecb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dbf25cc21beff4fd2e730573845a266504b21bb2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.16 (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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