PT-2025-41122

CVE-2023-53678

Published

2023-02-15

Updated

2025-10-08

Description by

CVSS 3.1

5.5

Medium

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.2.0-rc7+ #54

Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw in the drm/i915 subsystem related to system suspend functionality when fbdev is not initialized. Specifically, the issue occurs when attempting to suspend fbdev on platforms without a display, leading to a kernel NULL pointer dereference. This can result in a system crash during the suspend process.

Recommendations Update to a version newer than 6.2.0-rc7+ #54.

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Weakness enumeration

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-664: Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime

Related identifiers

CVE-2023-53678