Bug 2424999 (CVE-2023-54018) - CVE-2023-54018 kernel: drm/msm/hdmi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue
Summary: CVE-2023-54018 kernel: drm/msm/hdmi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_work...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-54018
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-24 12:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-29 20:34 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-24 12:07:09 UTC 
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/
Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-12-25 09:50:39 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122432-CVE-2023-54018-0a10@gregkh/T
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