CVE-2023-54059 soc: mediatek: mtk-svs: Enable the IRQ later
A null pointer dereference in the MediaTek SVS driver can cause a kernel crash if an IRQ triggers before initialization during kexec boot.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-54059?
CVE-2023-54059 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 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:
soc: mediatek: mtk-svs: Enable the IRQ later
If the system does not come from reset (like when is booted via kexec()), the peripheral might triger an IRQ before the data structures are initialised.
[ 0.227710] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000f08 [ 0.227913] Call trace: [ 0.227918] svs_isr+0x8c/0x538
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-54059?
How do I fix CVE-2023-54059?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2023-54059 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54059 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-54059, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54059, GHSA-f7rw-fph7-g6vv, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2023-54059, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54059.