CVE-2023-53388

HIGHNVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-09-18. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

drm/mediatek: Clean dangling pointer on bind error path

mtk_drm_bind() can fail, in which case drm_dev_put() is called, destroying the drm_device object. However a pointer to it was still being held in the private object, and that pointer would be passed along to DRM in mtk_drm_sys_prepare() if a suspend were triggered at that point, resulting in a panic. Clean the pointer when destroying the object in the error path to prevent this from happening.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity78% × 45%
The EG Score, 7.8 of 10.
Exploitation0.2% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
4th
KEV
Not listed

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

September 18, 2025

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Aug 5, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

drm/mediatek: Clean dangling pointer on bind error path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36aa8c61af55675ed967900fbe5deb32d776f051
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drm/mediatek: Clean dangling pointer on bind error path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3887c771576c5d740c5c5b8bf654a8ab8020b7d
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drm/mediatek: Clean dangling pointer on bind error path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b551a501fa714890e55bae73efede1185728d72
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drm/mediatek: Clean dangling pointer on bind error path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49cf87919daeeeeeb9e924c39bdd9203af434461
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drm/mediatek: Clean dangling pointer on bind error path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a89ddee1686a8872384aaa9f0bcfa6b675acd86
Web page

drm/mediatek: Clean dangling pointer on bind error path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a161f1d92aabb3b8463f752bdc3474dc3a5ec0e5
Web page

drm/mediatek: Clean dangling pointer on bind error path - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a48f99aa7bea15e0b1d8b0040c46b4792eddf3b

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 4.19.276 (fixes >=4.7.0)—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux5.10.103-1 ... 5.10.92-2 (25 versions)
  • every version up to 5.10.178-1: fixed in 5.10.178-1
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux—
  • every version up to 6.1.20-1: fixed in 6.1.20-1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux—
  • every version up to 6.1.20-1: fixed in 6.1.20-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux—
  • every version up to 6.1.20-1: fixed in 6.1.20-1
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 27× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 89 of 162 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 11 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 73 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

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  41. 2026-08-05 10:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jj38-96h8-c9q4 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-53388?
CVE-2023-53388 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on September 18, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/mediatek: Clean dangling pointer on bind error path mtkdrmbind() can fail, in which case drmdevput() is called, destroying the drm_device object. However a pointer to it was still being held in the private object, and that…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2023-53388 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2023-53388 was published on September 18, 2025. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of August 5, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2023-53388 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-53388 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (4th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-53388?
CVE-2023-53388 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2023-53388?
A fix for CVE-2023-53388 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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