{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-53784","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-12-08T23:58:35.272Z","datePublished":"2025-12-09T00:00:39.591Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:51:27.807Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:51:27.807Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm: bridge: dw_hdmi: fix connector access for scdc\n\nCommit 5d844091f237 (\"drm/scdc-helper: Pimp SCDC debugs\") changed the scdc\ninterface to pick up an i2c adapter from a connector instead. However, in\nthe case of dw-hdmi, the wrong connector was being used to pass i2c adapter\ninformation, since dw-hdmi's embedded connector structure is only populated\nwhen the bridge attachment callback explicitly asks for it.\n\ndrm-meson is handling connector creation, so this won't happen, leading to\na NULL pointer dereference.\n\nFix it by having scdc functions access dw-hdmi's current connector pointer\ninstead, which is assigned during the bridge enablement stage.\n\n[narmstrong: moved Fixes tag before first S-o-b and added Reported-by tag]"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5d844091f2370f01752c3129b147861b9dcd3d98","lessThan":"552f79aa9e801ed4f74d6b3221af78042ba4f235","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5d844091f2370f01752c3129b147861b9dcd3d98","lessThan":"98703e4e061fb8715c7613cd227e32cdfd136b23","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.4","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.4.5","lessThanOrEqual":"6.4.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.5","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.4","versionEndExcluding":"6.4.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.4","versionEndExcluding":"6.5"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/552f79aa9e801ed4f74d6b3221af78042ba4f235"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98703e4e061fb8715c7613cd227e32cdfd136b23"}],"title":"drm: bridge: dw_hdmi: fix connector access for scdc","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}