CVE-2023-54217

Revert "drm/msm: Add missing check and destroy for alloc_ordered_workqueue"

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Published: December 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM UTC
Updated: October 28, 2026 at 07:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "drm/msm: Add missing check and destroy for alloc_ordered_workqueue" This reverts commit 643b7d0869cc7f1f7a5ac7ca6bd25d88f54e31d0. A recent patch that tried to fix up the msm_drm_init() paths with respect to the workqueue but only ended up making things worse: First, the newly added calls to msm_drm_uninit() on early errors would trigger NULL-pointer dereferences, for example, as the kms pointer would not have been initialised. (Note that these paths were also modified by a second broken error handling patch which in effect cancelled out this part when merged.) Second, the newly added allocation sanity check would still leak the previously allocated drm device. Instead of trying to salvage what was badly broken (and clearly not tested), let's revert the bad commit so that clean and backportable fixes can be added in its place. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/525107/

Affected

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

6.3643b7d0869cc7f1f7a5ac7ca6bd25d88f54e31d0
Vendor states this is fixed in 9078b434587722a6f2958dc1d536af6e39634db9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dfa70344d1b5f5ff08525a8c872c8dd5e82fc5d9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4 (unaffected)

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