# CVE-2023-52693: ACPI: video: check for error while searching for backlight device parent

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-17 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.39

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: video: check for error while searching for backlight device parent If acpi_get_parent() called in acpi_video_dev_register_backlight() fails, for example, because acpi_ut_acquire_mutex() fails inside acpi_get_parent), this can lead to incorrect (uninitialized) acpi_parent handle being passed to acpi_get_pci_dev() for detecting the parent pci device. Check acpi_get_parent() result and set parent device only in case of success. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/556f02699d33c1f40b1b31bd25828ce08fa165d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e3a2b9b4039bb4d136dca59fb31e06465e056f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4e1a0ef0b4782854c9b77a333ca912b392bed2f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a370502a5681986f9828e43be75ce26c6ab24af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2124c5bc22948fc4d09a23db4a8acdccc7d21e95
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39af144b6d01d9b40f52e5d773e653957e6c379c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72884ce4e10417b1233b614bf134da852df0f15f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccd45faf4973746c4f30ea41eec864e5cf191099

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