Local service interruption via DRM arithmetic overflows
Published May 21, 2024 · Updated May 23, 2026
Integer overflow in the MediaTek DRM driver in affected Linux kernel revisions allows local users to interrupt system availability. mtk_drm_gem_dumb_create multiplies 32-bit pitch and height values before storing the result in a wider size field, while plane code mixes integer widths when calculating DMA offsets. Exploitation requires local access to a system using the MediaTek DRM path; wrapped calculations can produce undersized buffers or incorrect DMA addresses and interrupt service.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in the MediaTek DRM driver in affected Linux kernel revisions allows local users to interrupt system availability. mtk_drm_gem_dumb_create multiplies 32-bit pitch and height values before storing the result in a wider size field, while plane code mixes integer widths when calculating DMA offsets. Exploitation requires local access to a system using the MediaTek DRM path; wrapped calculations can produce undersized buffers or incorrect DMA addresses and interrupt service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-52857
- Published
- May 21, 2024
- Updated
- May 23, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-190, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1a64a7aff8da352c9419de3d5c34343682916411 <0d8a1df39d3fc34560e2cc663b5c340d06a25396
- Affected versionversion=1a64a7aff8da352c9419de3d5c34343682916411 <96312a251d4dcee5d36e32edba3002bfde0ddd9c
- Affected versionversion=1a64a7aff8da352c9419de3d5c34343682916411 <a12bd675100531f9fb4508fd4430dd1632325a0e
- Affected versionversion=1a64a7aff8da352c9419de3d5c34343682916411 <b0b0d811eac6b4c52cb9ad632fa6384cf48869e7
- Affected versionversion=5.13.12 <5.14
- Affected versionversion=5.14
- Affected versionversion=73e81f7219aa582d8e55a7b6552f607a8e5a9724
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