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CVE-2023-53714

Status: DeferredUnscored—

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

drm/stm: ltdc: fix late dereference check

In ltdc_crtc_set_crc_source(), struct drm_crtc was dereferenced in a container_of() before the pointer check. This could cause a kernel panic.

Fix this smatch warning: drivers/gpu/drm/stm/ltdc.c:1124 ltdc_crtc_set_crc_source() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'crtc' (see line 1119)

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Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Linux — Linux KernelAI

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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/stm: ltdc: fix late dereference check\n\nIn ltdc_crtc_set_crc_source(), struct drm_crtc was dereferenced in a\ncontainer_of() before the pointer check. This could cause a kernel panic.\n\nFix this smatch warning:\ndrivers/gpu/drm/stm/ltdc.c:1124 ltdc_crtc_set_crc_source() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'crtc' (see line 1119)"
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