# CVE-2023-53152: drm/amdgpu: fix calltrace warning in amddrm_buddy_fini

> A memory management error in the amdgpu driver causes a call trace warning and potential system instability during driver removal.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 15 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-70748, BELL-CVE-2023-53152, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53152, GHSA-c3cj-qmvm-36gx, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2023-53152, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2023-53152, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53152

## What is CVE-2023-53152?

CVE-2023-53152 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Sep 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 calltrace warning in amddrm_buddy_fini

The following call trace is observed when removing the amdgpu driver, which
is caused by that BOs allocated for psp are not freed until removing.

[61811.450562] RIP: 0010:amddrm_buddy_fini.cold+0x29/0x47 [amddrm_buddy]
[61811.450577] Call Trace:
[61811.450577]  <TASK>
[61811.450579]  amdgpu_vram_mgr_fini+0x135/0x1c0 [amdgpu]
[61811.450728]  amdgpu_ttm_fini+0x207/0x290 [amdgpu]
[61811.450870]  amdgpu_bo_fini+0x27/0xa0 [amdgpu]
[61811.451012]  gmc_v9_0_sw_fini+0x4a/0x60 [amdgpu]
[61811.451166]  amdgpu_device_fini_sw+0x117/0x520 [amdgpu]
[61811.451306]  amdgpu_driver_release_kms+0x16/0x30 [amdgpu]
[61811.451447]  devm_drm_dev_init_release+0x4d/0x80 [drm]
[61811.451466]  devm_action_release+0x15/0x20
[61811.451469]  release_nodes+0x40/0xb0
[61811.451471]  devres_release_all+0x9b/0xd0
[61811.451473]  __device_release_driver+0x1bb/0x2a0
[61811.451476]  driver_detach+0xf3/0x140
[61811.451479]  bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xf0
[61811.451481]  driver_unregister+0x31/0x60
[61811.451483]  pci_unregister_driver+0x40/0x90
[61811.451486]  amdgpu_exit+0x15/0x447 [amdgpu]

For smu v13_0_2, if the GPU supports xgmi, refer to

commit f5c7e7797060 ("drm/amdgpu: Adjust removal control flow for smu v13_0_2"),

it will run gpu recover in AMDGPU_RESET_FOR_DEVICE_REMOVE mode when removing,
which makes all devices in hive list have hw reset but no resume except the
basic ip blocks, then other ip blocks will not call .hw_fini according to
ip_block.status.hw.

Since psp_free_shared_bufs just includes some software operations, so move
it to psp_sw_fini.

Weakness: CWE-772 (Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53152?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-53152?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2023-53152 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53152 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-53152 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-53152 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53152 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53152/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53152/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53152
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53152
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53152

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