CVE-2023-53289: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: bdisp: Add missing check for create_workqueue Add the check for the return value of the create_workqueue in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.2, before 4.14.315 (fixed in 4.14.315); from 4.15, before 4.19.283 (fixed in 4.19.283); from 4.20, before 5.4.243 (fixed in 5.4.243); from 5.5, before 5.10.180 (fixed in 5.10.180); from 5.11, before 5.15.111 (fixed in 5.15.111); from 5.16, before 6.1.28 (fixed in 6.1.28); …

Published 2025-09-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.