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

drm: bridge: dw_hdmi: fix connector access for scdc

Commit 5d844091f237 ("drm/scdc-helper: Pimp SCDC debugs") changed the scdc
interface to pick up an i2c adapter from a connector instead. However, in
the case of dw-hdmi, the wrong connector was being used to pass i2c adapter
information, since dw-hdmi's embedded connector structure is only populated
when the bridge attachment callback explicitly asks for it.

drm-meson is handling connector creation, so this won't happen, leading to
a NULL pointer dereference.

Fix it by having scdc functions access dw-hdmi's current connector pointer
instead, which is assigned during the bridge enablement stage.

[narmstrong: moved Fixes tag before first S-o-b and added Reported-by tag]

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: bridge: dw_hdmi: fix connector access for scdc Commit 5d844091f237 ("drm/scdc-helper: Pimp SCDC debugs") changed the scdc interface to pick up an i2c adapter from a connector instead. However, in the case of dw-hdmi, the wrong connector was being used to pass i2c adapter information, since dw-hdmi's embedded connector structure is only populated when the bridge attachment callback explicitly asks for it. drm-meson is handling connector creation, so this won't happen, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. Fix it by having scdc functions access dw-hdmi's current connector pointer instead, which is assigned during the bridge enablement stage. [narmstrong: moved Fixes tag before first S-o-b and added Reported-by tag]
Title drm: bridge: dw_hdmi: fix connector access for scdc
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-09T00:00:39.591Z

Reserved: 2025-12-08T23:58:35.272Z

Link: CVE-2023-53784

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-09T01:16:49.687

Modified: 2025-12-09T18:37:13.640

Link: CVE-2023-53784

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-12-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53784 - Bugzilla

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