CVE-2023-3220 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc8. dpu_crtc_atomic_check in drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c lacks check of the return value of kzalloc() and will cause the NULL Pointer Dereference.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00011.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Linux Subscribe	Linux Kernel Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-43898	An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc8. dpu_crtc_atomic_check in drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c lacks check of the return value of kzalloc() and will cause the NULL Pointer Dereference.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6385-1	Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93340e10b9c5fc86730d149636e0aa8b47bb5a34
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3220
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3220

History

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-06-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-11T14:28:13.664Z

Reserved: 2023-06-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-3220

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:48:08.302Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-20T20:15:09.737

Modified: 2025-03-11T15:15:39.357

Link: CVE-2023-3220

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-06-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-3220 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-476

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