In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: platform: mediatek: vpu: fix NULL ptr dereference If pdev is NULL, then it is still dereferenced. This fixes this smatch warning: drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vpu/mtk_vpu.c:570 vpu_load_firmware() warn: address of NULL pointer 'pdev'

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

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References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/099e929e7477f37ca16738fc158d7101c0189ca1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b3f25d3894a091abc247eadab266a2c9be64389 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2caeb722f0ea5d2d24af30bb1753a89d449b6aa0 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3df55cd773e8603b623425cc97b05e542854ad27 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d299e6e0ac3cf8ab4517dc29c9294bc4bf72398 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/776b34615a29551d69d82a0082e7319d5ea284bd cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7bd48f0be84e24d21aa3a8f59a8a9cb8633a1c4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1c5826223ae05a48d21f6708c6f34ee9006238c cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091856-CVE-2023-53425-6eb5@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53425 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53425 cve-icon
History

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: platform: mediatek: vpu: fix NULL ptr dereference If pdev is NULL, then it is still dereferenced. This fixes this smatch warning: drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vpu/mtk_vpu.c:570 vpu_load_firmware() warn: address of NULL pointer 'pdev'
Title media: platform: mediatek: vpu: fix NULL ptr dereference
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-09-18T16:04:07.335Z

Updated: 2026-01-14T19:23:08.607Z

Reserved: 2025-09-17T14:54:09.742Z

Link: CVE-2023-53425

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-14T19:13:17.887Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-09-18T16:15:46.370

Modified: 2026-01-14T20:16:01.487

Link: CVE-2023-53425

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53425 - Bugzilla