NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-64k-core package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELRT64KCORE-13236446
  • published4 Oct 2025
  • disclosed1 Oct 2025

Introduced: 1 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2023-53498  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-rt-64k-core.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-64k-core package and not the kernel-rt-64k-core package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Fix potential null dereference

The adev->dm.dc pointer can be NULL and dereferenced in amdgpu_dm_fini() without checking.

Add a NULL pointer check before calling dc_dmub_srv_destroy().

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

CVSS Base Scores

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