CVE-2023-53653 (GCVE-0-2023-53653)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-07 15:19 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:49
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
media: amphion: fix REVERSE_INULL issues reported by coverity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: amphion: fix REVERSE_INULL issues reported by coverity
null-checking of a pointor is suggested before dereferencing it
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
9f599f351e86acf0fc13e42771f97b7fb4dbbea4 , < bddd678fd2864b435d00d51a4d3808a0d89c79de
(git)
Affected: 9f599f351e86acf0fc13e42771f97b7fb4dbbea4 , < e59d0cd8f414592187ead97b5832600ff7a0dd61 (git) Affected: 9f599f351e86acf0fc13e42771f97b7fb4dbbea4 , < ef56b2db216f130c4240aed907d1c5272c2d298d (git) Affected: 9f599f351e86acf0fc13e42771f97b7fb4dbbea4 , < 79d3bafaecc13bccab1ebbd28a15e669c5a4cdaf (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
5.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.18 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.53 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.4.16 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.5.3 , ≤ 6.5.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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