What is CVE-2023-53837?

CVE-2023-53837 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.14 onward and patched in 5.15.112, 6.1.29, 6.2.16 and others. CVE-2023-53837 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-53837?

CVE-2023-53837 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-53837?

Yes, CVE-2023-53837 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.112, 6.1.29, 6.2.16 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.14 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2023-53837 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-53837 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2023-53837

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: fix NULL-deref on snapshot tear down In case of early initialisation errors and on platforms that do not use the DPU controller, the deinitilisation code can be called with the kms pointer set to NULL. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/525099/

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-09

Last modified 2026-04-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.14 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.112, 6.1.29, 6.2.16, 6.3.3, 6.4 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.14

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.112 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.29 6.1.x ✓ 6.2.16 6.2.x ✓ 6.3.3 6.3.x ✓ 6.4

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-53837 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16e0e6fb4511c004a5a0987d5bd75d9bcfb2b175
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19fe79ae816a7e3400df1eb4d27530bf9b8ae258
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8eca32b5b92a0be956a8934d7eddf4f70c107927
Patch

5 patch commits total View all on NVD

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53837?

CVE-2023-53837 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.14 onward and has been patched in 5.15.112, 6.1.29, 6.2.16 and others. CVE-2023-53837 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-53837?

Yes — CVE-2023-53837 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.112, 6.1.29, 6.2.16 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.14 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2023-53837 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2023-53837 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.