Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: Fix system suspend...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/i915: Fix system suspend without fbdev being initialized
If fbdev is not initialized for some reason - in practice on platforms
without display - suspending fbdev should be skipped during system
suspend, fix this up. While at it add an assert that suspending fbdev
only happens with the display present.
This fixes the following:
[ 91.227923] PM: suspend entry (s2idle)
[ 91.254598] Filesystems sync: 0.025 seconds
[ 91.270518] Freezing user space processes
[ 91.272266] Freezing user space processes completed (elapsed 0.001 seconds)
[ 91.272686] OOM killer disabled.
[ 91.272872] Freezing remaining freezable tasks
[ 91.274295] Freezing remaining freezable tasks completed (elapsed 0.001 seconds)
[ 91.659622] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000001c8
[ 91.659981] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
[ 91.660252] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
[ 91.660511] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ 91.660647] Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 91.660875] CPU: 4 PID: 917 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.2.0-rc7+ #54
[ 91.661185] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS edk2-20221117gitfff6d81270b5-9.fc37 unknown
[ 91.661680] RIP: 0010:mutex_lock+0x19/0x30
[ 91.661914] Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 53 48 89 fb e8 62 d3 ff ff 31 c0 65 48 8b 14 25 00 15 03 00 48 0f b1 13 75 06 5b c3 cc cc cc cc 48 89 df 5b eb b4 0f 1f 40
[ 91.662840] RSP: 0018:ffffa1e8011ffc08 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 91.663087] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000000001c8 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 91.663440] RDX: ffff8be455eb0000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 00000000000001c8
[ 91.663802] RBP: ffff8be459440000 R08: ffff8be459441f08 R09: ffffffff8e1432c0
[ 91.664167] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001
[ 91.664532] R13: 00000000000001c8 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8be442f4fb20
[ 91.664905] FS: 00007f28ffc16740(0000) GS:ffff8be4bb900000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 91.665334] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 91.665626] CR2: 00000000000001c8 CR3: 0000000114926006 CR4: 0000000000770ee0
[ 91.665988] PKRU: 55555554
[ 91.666131] Call Trace:
[ 91.666265]
[ 91.666381] intel_fbdev_set_suspend+0x97/0x1b0 [i915]
[ 91.666738] i915_drm_suspend+0xb9/0x100 [i915]
[ 91.667029] pci_pm_suspend+0x78/0x170
[ 91.667234] ? __pfx_pci_pm_suspend+0x10/0x10
[ 91.667461] dpm_run_callback+0x47/0x150
[ 91.667673] __device_suspend+0x10a/0x4e0
[ 91.667880] dpm_suspend+0x134/0x270
[ 91.668069] dpm_suspend_start+0x79/0x80
[ 91.668272] suspend_devices_and_enter+0x11b/0x890
[ 91.668526] pm_suspend.cold+0x270/0x2fc
[ 91.668737] state_store+0x46/0x90
[ 91.668916] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x11b/0x200
[ 91.669153] vfs_write+0x1e1/0x3a0
[ 91.669336] ksys_write+0x53/0xd0
[ 91.669510] do_syscall_64+0x58/0xc0
[ 91.669699] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x18e/0x1c0
[ 91.669980] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x18e/0x1c0
[ 91.670278] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x17/0x40
[ 91.670524] ? do_syscall_64+0x67/0xc0
[ 91.670717] ? __irq_exit_rcu+0x3d/0x140
[ 91.670931] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
[ 91.671202] RIP: 0033:0x7f28ffd14284
v2: CC stable. (Jani)
References: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/issues/8015
(cherry picked from commit 9542d708409a41449e99c9a464deb5e062c4bee2)
Impact
The application dereferences a null pointer, causing a crash. Typical impact: denial of service via crash.
CVE-2023-53678 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium). The vector is requires local access, low privileges required, and no user interaction. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment. No fixed version is listed yet, so configuration controls and monitoring matter more in the interim.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2023-53678? CVE-2023-53678 is a medium-severity null pointer dereference vulnerability. No fixed version is listed yet. The application dereferences a null pointer, causing a crash.
- How severe is CVE-2023-53678? CVE-2023-53678 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2023-53678? No fixed version is listed for CVE-2023-53678 yet. Monitor the advisory for updates and apply mitigations in the interim.
- Is CVE-2023-53678 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2023-53678 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether CVE-2023-53678 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.