CVE-2023-53074 drm/amdgpu: fix ttm_bo calltrace warning in psp_hw_fini
A bug in the AMD GPU driver causes a kernel warning and potential crash during device removal after a reset, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-53074?
CVE-2023-53074 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu: fix ttm_bo calltrace warning in psp_hw_fini
The call trace occurs when the amdgpu is removed after the mode1 reset. During mode1 reset, from suspend to resume, there is no need to reinitialize the ta firmware buffer which caused the bo pin_count increase redundantly.
[ 489.885525] Call Trace: [ 489.885525] <TASK> [ 489.885526] amdttm_bo_put+0x34/0x50 [amdttm] [ 489.885529] amdgpu_bo_free_kernel+0xe8/0x130 [amdgpu] [ 489.885620] psp_free_shared_bufs+0xb7/0x150 [amdgpu] [ 489.885720] psp_hw_fini+0xce/0x170 [amdgpu] [ 489.885815] amdgpu_device_fini_hw+0x2ff/0x413 [amdgpu] [ 489.885960] ? blocking_notifier_chain_unregister+0x56/0xb0 [ 489.885962] amdgpu_driver_unload_kms+0x51/0x60 [amdgpu] [ 489.886049] amdgpu_pci_remove+0x5a/0x140 [amdgpu] [ 489.886132] ? __pm_runtime_resume+0x60/0x90 [ 489.886134] pci_device_remove+0x3e/0xb0 [ 489.886135] __device_release_driver+0x1ab/0x2a0 [ 489.886137] driver_detach+0xf3/0x140 [ 489.886138] bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xf0 [ 489.886140] driver_unregister+0x31/0x60 [ 489.886141] pci_unregister_driver+0x40/0x90 [ 489.886142] amdgpu_exit+0x15/0x451 [amdgpu]
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53074?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2023-53074?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2023-53074 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53074 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-70132, BELL-CVE-2023-53074, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53074, GHSA-w37r-4g8q-5548, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2023-53074, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53074.