Linux Kernel: NULL Pointer Dereference (CVE-2023-52911)
Published Sources: BSI, EUVD, CVE.org
What is affected, what to do
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: another fix for the headless Adreno GPU Fix another oops reproducible when rebooting the board with the Adreno GPU working in the headless mode (e.g. iMX platforms). Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 when read [00000000] *pgd=74936831, *pte=00000000, *ppte=00000000 Internal error: Oops: 17 [#1] ARM CPU: 0 PID: 51 Comm: reboot Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1-dirty #11 Hardware name: Freescale i.MX53 (Device Tree Support) PC is at msm_atomic_commit_tail+0x50/0x970 LR is at commit_tail+0x9c/0x188 pc : [<c06aa430>] lr : [<c067a214>] psr: 600e0013 sp : e0851d30 ip : ee4eb7eb fp : 00090acc r10: 00000058 r9 : c2193014 r8 : c4310000 r7 : c4759380 r6 : 07bef61d r5 : 00000000 r4 : 00000000 r3 : c44cc440 r2 : 00000000 r1 : 00000000 r0 : 00000000 Flags: nZCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment none Control: 10c5387d Table: 74910019 DAC: 00000051 Register r0 information: NULL pointer Register r1 information: NULL pointer Register r2 information: NULL pointer Register r3 information: slab kmalloc-1k start c44cc400 pointer offset 64 size 1024 Register r4 information: NULL pointer Register r5 information: NULL pointer Register r6 information: non-paged memory Register r7 information: slab kmalloc-128 start c4759380 pointer offset 0 size 128 Register r8 information: slab kmalloc-2k start c4310000 pointer offset 0 size 2048 Register r9 information: non-slab/vmalloc memory Register r10 information: non-paged memory Register r11 information: non-paged memory Register r12 information: non-paged memory Process reboot (pid: 51, stack limit = 0xc80046d9) Stack: (0xe0851d30 to 0xe0852000) 1d20: c4759380 fbd77200 000005ff 002b9c70 1d40: c4759380 c4759380 00000000 07bef61d 00000600 c0d6fe7c c2193014 00000058 1d60: 00090acc c067a214 00000000 c4759380 c4310000 00000000 c44cc854 c067a89c 1d80: 00000000 00000000 00000000 c4310468 00000000 c4759380 c4310000 c4310468 1da0: c4310470 c0643258 c4759380 00000000 00000000 c0c4ee24 00000000 c44cc810 1dc0: 00000000 c0c4ee24 00000000 c44cc810 00000000 0347d2a8 e0851e00 e0851e00 1de0: c4759380 c067ad20 c4310000 00000000 c44cc810 c27f8718 c44cc854 c067adb8 1e00: c4933000 00000002 00000001 00000000 00000000 c2130850 00000000 c2130854 1e20: c25fc488 00000000 c0ff162c 00000000 00000001 00000002 00000000 00000000 1e40: c43102c0 c43102c0 00000000 0347d2a8 c44cc810 c44cc814 c2133da8 c06d1a60 1e60: 00000000 00000000 00079028 c2012f24 fee1dead c4933000 00000058 c01431e4 1e80: 01234567 c0143a20 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1ea0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1ec0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1ee0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1f00: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1f20: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1f40: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1f60: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1f80: 00000000 00000000 00000000 0347d2a8 00000002 00000004 00000078 00000058 1fa0: c010028c c0100060 00000002 00000004 fee1dead 28121969 01234567 00079028 1fc0: 00000002 00000004 00000078 00000058 0002fdc5 00000000 00000000 00090acc 1fe0: 00000058 becc9c64 b6e97e05 b6e0e5f6 600e0030 fee1dead 00000000 00000000 msm_atomic_commit_tail from commit_tail+0x9c/0x188 commit_tail from drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x160/0x188 drm_atomic_helper_commit from drm_atomic_commit+0xac/0xe0 drm_atomic_commit from drm_atomic_helper_disable_all+0x1b0/0x1c0 drm_atomic_helper_disable_all from drm_atomic_helper_shutdown+0x88/0x140 drm_atomic_helper_shutdown from device_shutdown+0x16c/0x240 device_shutdown from kernel_restart+0x38/0x90 kernel_restart from __do_sys_reboot+0x ---truncated---
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Metrics
5.5
XIEM Effective CVSS
Highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.
Source: NVD, CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v3
Severity Medium on the scale from 0 to 10.
Source: BSI, EUVD, CVE.org
0.2 %
EPSS score
Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 11.0
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- Severity
- Medium
Priority (0–325)
The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?
Read in glossary- 34.38 Methodology
Exploit maturity
An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.
Read in glossary- no public PoC known
XIEM Effective CVSS
XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.
Read in glossary- 5.5 Methodology
CVSS v3
CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.
Read in glossary- 5.5
EPSS score
The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.
Read in glossary- 0.2 %
- Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
EPSS percentile
The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.
Read in glossary- 11.0
- Elevated — this CVE ranks above at least 10% of all CVEs scored today.
KEV status
The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.
Read in glossary- —
- Published
- CISA assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none known · not automatable · Technical impact: partial
- Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 10 September 2024
Detection rules
No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.
Classification under NIS2 and CRA
Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.
NIS2
NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.
Read in glossary- Handle the vulnerability in regular vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2.
CRA
The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.
Read in glossary- From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.
Read in glossary- Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: another fix for the headless Adreno GPU Fix another oops reproducible when rebooting the board with the Adreno GPU working in the headless mode (e.g. iMX platforms). Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 when read [00000000] *pgd=74936831, *pte=00000000, *ppte=00000000 Internal error: Oops: 17 [#1] ARM CPU: 0 PID: 51 Comm: reboot Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1-dirty #11 Hardware name: Freescale i.MX53 (Device Tree Support) PC is at msm_atomic_commit_tail+0x50/0x970 LR is at commit_tail+0x9c/0x188 pc : [<c06aa430>] lr : [<c067a214>] psr: 600e0013 sp : e0851d30 ip : ee4eb7eb fp : 00090acc r10: 00000058 r9 : c2193014 r8 : c4310000 r7 : c4759380 r6 : 07bef61d r5 : 00000000 r4 : 00000000 r3 : c44cc440 r2 : 00000000 r1 : 00000000 r0 : 00000000 Flags: nZCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment none Control: 10c5387d Table: 74910019 DAC: 00000051 Register r0 information: NULL pointer Register r1 information: NULL pointer Register r2 information: NULL pointer Register r3 information: slab kmalloc-1k start c44cc400 pointer offset 64 size 1024 Register r4 information: NULL pointer Register r5 information: NULL pointer Register r6 information: non-paged memory Register r7 information: slab kmalloc-128 start c4759380 pointer offset 0 size 128 Register r8 information: slab kmalloc-2k start c4310000 pointer offset 0 size 2048 Register r9 information: non-slab/vmalloc memory Register r10 information: non-paged memory Register r11 information: non-paged memory Register r12 information: non-paged memory Process reboot (pid: 51, stack limit = 0xc80046d9) Stack: (0xe0851d30 to 0xe0852000) 1d20: c4759380 fbd77200 000005ff 002b9c70 1d40: c4759380 c4759380 00000000 07bef61d 00000600 c0d6fe7c c2193014 00000058 1d60: 00090acc c067a214 00000000 c4759380 c4310000 00000000 c44cc854 c067a89c 1d80: 00000000 00000000 00000000 c4310468 00000000 c4759380 c4310000 c4310468 1da0: c4310470 c0643258 c4759380 00000000 00000000 c0c4ee24 00000000 c44cc810 1dc0: 00000000 c0c4ee24 00000000 c44cc810 00000000 0347d2a8 e0851e00 e0851e00 1de0: c4759380 c067ad20 c4310000 00000000 c44cc810 c27f8718 c44cc854 c067adb8 1e00: c4933000 00000002 00000001 00000000 00000000 c2130850 00000000 c2130854 1e20: c25fc488 00000000 c0ff162c 00000000 00000001 00000002 00000000 00000000 1e40: c43102c0 c43102c0 00000000 0347d2a8 c44cc810 c44cc814 c2133da8 c06d1a60 1e60: 00000000 00000000 00079028 c2012f24 fee1dead c4933000 00000058 c01431e4 1e80: 01234567 c0143a20 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1ea0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1ec0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1ee0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1f00: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1f20: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1f40: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1f60: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 1f80: 00000000 00000000 00000000 0347d2a8 00000002 00000004 00000078 00000058 1fa0: c010028c c0100060 00000002 00000004 fee1dead 28121969 01234567 00079028 1fc0: 00000002 00000004 00000078 00000058 0002fdc5 00000000 00000000 00090acc 1fe0: 00000058 becc9c64 b6e97e05 b6e0e5f6 600e0030 fee1dead 00000000 00000000 msm_atomic_commit_tail from commit_tail+0x9c/0x188 commit_tail from drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x160/0x188 drm_atomic_helper_commit from drm_atomic_commit+0xac/0xe0 drm_atomic_commit from drm_atomic_helper_disable_all+0x1b0/0x1c0 drm_atomic_helper_disable_all from drm_atomic_helper_shutdown+0x88/0x140 drm_atomic_helper_shutdown from device_shutdown+0x16c/0x240 device_shutdown from kernel_restart+0x38/0x90 kernel_restart from __do_sys_reboot+0x ---truncated---
Source: BSI CSAF, BSI WID Portal, ENISA EUVD, NVD (NIST), cvelistv5
Affected products
The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.
| Affected versions | Fixed in | ||
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| Linux | Linux |
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Vendors and products
Affected operating systems
| Linux | linux | linux_kernel | 6.2 |
| Linux | linux | linux_kernel | — |
References & sources
- git.kernel.orgstable/c/b107b08c41b3076a508113fbaaffe15ce1fe7f65euvd, Patch
- git.kernel.orgstable/c/00dd060ab3cf95ca6ede7853bc14397014971b5eeuvd, Patch
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