{"cve":"CVE-2023-53388","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-18T14:15:41.880","modified":"2026-06-17T06:45:11.073","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/mediatek: Clean dangling pointer on bind error path\n\nmtk_drm_bind() can fail, in which case drm_dev_put() is called,\ndestroying the drm_device object. However a pointer to it was still\nbeing held in the private object, and that pointer would be passed along\nto DRM in mtk_drm_sys_prepare() if a suspend were triggered at that\npoint, resulting in a panic. Clean the pointer when destroying the\nobject in the error path to prevent this from happening.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36aa8c61af55675ed967900fbe5deb32d776f051","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49cf87919daeeeeeb9e924c39bdd9203af434461","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a89ddee1686a8872384aaa9f0bcfa6b675acd86","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b551a501fa714890e55bae73efede1185728d72","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a48f99aa7bea15e0b1d8b0040c46b4792eddf3b"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53388","score":0.00157,"percentile":0.04794,"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."]}