CVE-2023-53784
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Publication date: 2025-12-09

Last updated on: 2025-12-09

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: bridge: dw_hdmi: fix connector access for scdc Commit 5d844091f237 ("drm/scdc-helper: Pimp SCDC debugs") changed the scdc interface to pick up an i2c adapter from a connector instead. However, in the case of dw-hdmi, the wrong connector was being used to pass i2c adapter information, since dw-hdmi's embedded connector structure is only populated when the bridge attachment callback explicitly asks for it. drm-meson is handling connector creation, so this won't happen, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. Fix it by having scdc functions access dw-hdmi's current connector pointer instead, which is assigned during the bridge enablement stage. [narmstrong: moved Fixes tag before first S-o-b and added Reported-by tag]
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Published
2025-12-09
Last Modified
2025-12-09
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2026-06-16
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2025-12-09
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
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CVE-2023-53784
EUVD
EUVD-2023-60122
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in the Linux kernel involves the dw_hdmi driver where the wrong connector was used to pass i2c adapter information due to the embedded connector structure only being populated when explicitly requested. This caused a NULL pointer dereference when accessing the connector, which was fixed by changing the scdc functions to access the current connector pointer assigned during the bridge enablement stage.

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The vulnerability can cause a NULL pointer dereference in the dw_hdmi driver, potentially leading to system instability or crashes when the affected code path is executed.

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