{"cve":"CVE-2023-53244","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-15T15:15:51.570","modified":"2026-06-17T06:44:36.973","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: pci: tw68: Fix null-ptr-deref bug in buf prepare and finish\n\nWhen the driver calls tw68_risc_buffer() to prepare the buffer, the\nfunction call dma_alloc_coherent may fail, resulting in a empty buffer\nbuf->cpu. Later when we free the buffer or access the buffer, null ptr\nderef is triggered.\n\nThis bug is similar to the following one:\nhttps://git.linuxtv.org/media_stage.git/commit/?id=2b064d91440b33fba5b452f2d1b31f13ae911d71.\n\nWe believe the bug can be also dynamically triggered from user side.\nSimilarly, we fix this by checking the return value of tw68_risc_buffer()\nand the value of buf->cpu before buffer free.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1634b7adcc5bef645b3666fdd564e5952a9e24e0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3715c5e9a8f96b6ed0dcbea06da443efccac1ecc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c67f49a6643d973e83968ea35806c7b5ae68b56","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcf632bca424e6ff8c8eb89c96694e7f05cd29b6"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:08:41.295252406+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53244","score":0.00148,"percentile":0.03995,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}