CVE-2023-54018

drm/msm/hdmi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Dec 24, 2025
Updated: May 11, 2026
Reserved: Dec 24, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/msm/hdmi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue

Add check for the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue as it may return NULL pointer and cause NULL pointer dereference in `hdmi_hdcp.c` and `hdmi_hpd.c`.

Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/517211/

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before b479485b24da1d572a0ce875537af31b02d2f915Affected c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before 392f7eb3946ab3780b931af723033e19f82c9134Affected c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before fc34608fa275fe6b3b17e171b63b8ca3aa1cbf09Affected c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before 1bab31a0969ca4ac90907a5d3b44af104229eafdAffected c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before 9a01ecc312e764ec4527ad49105a3ca799f1860cAffected c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before e55f93d674314f2fb69eba0dc24acfdf72805611Affected c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before ae5ca116a0c0ba9fc4123b1f1ec3c4f4d0d01b3fAffected c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before afe4cb96153a0d8003e4e4ebd91b5c543e10df84Affected
LinuxLinux	4.3Affected before 4.3Not affected 4.14.308 through 4.14.Not affected 4.19.276 through 4.19.Not affected 5.4.235 through 5.4.Not affected 5.10.173 through 5.10.Not affected 5.15.99 through 5.15.Not affected 6.1.16 through 6.1.Not affected 6.2.3 through 6.2.*Not affected 6.3 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before b479485b24da1d572a0ce875537af31b02d2f915Affected
c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before 392f7eb3946ab3780b931af723033e19f82c9134Affected
c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before fc34608fa275fe6b3b17e171b63b8ca3aa1cbf09Affected
c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before 1bab31a0969ca4ac90907a5d3b44af104229eafdAffected
c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before 9a01ecc312e764ec4527ad49105a3ca799f1860cAffected
c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before e55f93d674314f2fb69eba0dc24acfdf72805611Affected
c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before ae5ca116a0c0ba9fc4123b1f1ec3c4f4d0d01b3fAffected
c6a57a50ad562a2e6fc6ac3218b710caea73a58b to before afe4cb96153a0d8003e4e4ebd91b5c543e10df84Affected

LinuxLinux

4.3Affected
before 4.3Not affected
4.14.308 through 4.14.*Not affected
4.19.276 through 4.19.*Not affected
5.4.235 through 5.4.*Not affected
5.10.173 through 5.10.*Not affected
5.15.99 through 5.15.*Not affected
6.1.16 through 6.1.*Not affected
6.2.3 through 6.2.*Not affected
6.3 and laterNot affected

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