CVE-2023-53237 drm/amdgpu: fix amdgpu_irq_put call trace in gmc_v11_0_hw_fini
A null pointer dereference in the amdgpu driver causes a kernel crash during hardware finalization, 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-2023-53237?
CVE-2023-53237 is a medium-severity 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 amdgpu_irq_put call trace in gmc_v11_0_hw_fini
The gmc.ecc_irq is enabled by firmware per IFWI setting, and the host driver is not privileged to enable/disable the interrupt. So, it is meaningless to use the amdgpu_irq_put function in gmc_v11_0_hw_fini, which also leads to the call trace.
[ 102.980303] Call Trace: [ 102.980303] <TASK> [ 102.980304] gmc_v11_0_hw_fini+0x54/0x90 [amdgpu] [ 102.980357] gmc_v11_0_suspend+0xe/0x20 [amdgpu] [ 102.980409] amdgpu_device_ip_suspend_phase2+0x240/0x460 [amdgpu] [ 102.980459] amdgpu_device_ip_suspend+0x3d/0x80 [amdgpu] [ 102.980520] amdgpu_device_pre_asic_reset+0xd9/0x490 [amdgpu] [ 102.980573] amdgpu_device_gpu_recover.cold+0x548/0xce6 [amdgpu] [ 102.980687] amdgpu_debugfs_reset_work+0x4c/0x70 [amdgpu] [ 102.980740] process_one_work+0x21f/0x3f0 [ 102.980741] worker_thread+0x200/0x3e0 [ 102.980742] ? process_one_work+0x3f0/0x3f0 [ 102.980743] kthread+0xfd/0x130 [ 102.980743] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 [ 102.980744] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53237?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2023-53237?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2023-53237 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53237 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-53237, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53237, GHSA-48x8-gfgf-f9w8, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53237.