CVE-2023-54144 drm/amdkfd: Fix kernel warning during topology setup
A null pointer dereference in the AMD KFD driver during topology setup can cause a kernel warning and potential system instability.
- 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-2023-54144?
CVE-2023-54144 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:
drm/amdkfd: Fix kernel warning during topology setup
This patch fixes the following kernel warning seen during driver load by correctly initializing the p2plink attr before creating the sysfs file:
[ +0.002865] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ +0.002327] kobject: '(null)' (0000000056260cfb): is not initialized, yet kobject_put() is being called. [ +0.004780] WARNING: CPU: 32 PID: 1006 at lib/kobject.c:718 kobject_put+0xaa/0x1c0 [ +0.001361] Call Trace: [ +0.001234] <TASK> [ +0.001067] kfd_remove_sysfs_node_entry+0x24a/0x2d0 [amdgpu] [ +0.003147] kfd_topology_update_sysfs+0x3d/0x750 [amdgpu] [ +0.002890] kfd_topology_add_device+0xbd7/0xc70 [amdgpu] [ +0.002844] ? lock_release+0x13c/0x2e0 [ +0.001936] ? smu_cmn_send_smc_msg_with_param+0x1e8/0x2d0 [amdgpu] [ +0.003313] ? amdgpu_dpm_get_mclk+0x54/0x60 [amdgpu] [ +0.002703] kgd2kfd_device_init.cold+0x39f/0x4ed [amdgpu] [ +0.002930] amdgpu_amdkfd_device_init+0x13d/0x1f0 [amdgpu] [ +0.002944] amdgpu_device_init.cold+0x1464/0x17b4 [amdgpu] [ +0.002970] ? pci_bus_read_config_word+0x43/0x80 [ +0.002380] amdgpu_driver_load_kms+0x15/0x100 [amdgpu] [ +0.002744] amdgpu_pci_probe+0x147/0x370 [amdgpu] [ +0.002522] local_pci_probe+0x40/0x80 [ +0.001896] work_for_cpu_fn+0x10/0x20 [ +0.001892] process_one_work+0x26e/0x5a0 [ +0.002029] worker_thread+0x1fd/0x3e0 [ +0.001890] ? process_one_work+0x5a0/0x5a0 [ +0.002115] kthread+0xea/0x110 [ +0.001618] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 [ +0.002422] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 [ +0.001808] </TASK> [ +0.001103] irq event stamp: 59837 [ +0.001718] hardirqs last enabled at (59849): [<ffffffffb30fab12>] __up_console_sem+0x52/0x60 [ +0.004414] hardirqs last disabled at (59860): [<ffffffffb30faaf7>] __up_console_sem+0x37/0x60 [ +0.004414] softirqs last enabled at (59654): [<ffffffffb307d9c7>] irq_exit_rcu+0xd7/0x130 [ +0.004205] softirqs last disabled at (59649): [<ffffffffb307d9c7>] irq_exit_rcu+0xd7/0x130 [ +0.004203] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-54144?
How do I fix CVE-2023-54144?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2023-54144 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54144 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-54144, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54144, GHSA-vjmx-q9jh-3hmp, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54144.