NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-source package, versions <5.14.21-150400.24.179.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNELSOURCE-13626810
  • published18 Oct 2025
  • disclosed17 Oct 2025

Introduced: 17 Oct 2025

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-source to version 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-source package and not the kernel-source package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 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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