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CVE-2023-54199 json

drm/msm/adreno: Fix null ptr access in adreno_gpu_cleanup()

published 2025-12-30 10 mo ago modified 2026-10-28 11 d ago also EUVD-2023-60442

cvss
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not scored
cisa kev
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not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/msm/adreno: Fix null ptr access in adreno_gpu_cleanup()

Fix the below kernel panic due to null pointer access: [ 18.504431] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000048 [ 18.513464] Mem abort info: [ 18.516346] ESR = 0x0000000096000005 [ 18.520204] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 18.525706] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 18.528878] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 18.532117] FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault [ 18.537138] Data abort info: [ 18.540110] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005 [ 18.544060] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 18.547109] user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000112826000 [ 18.553738] [0000000000000048] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000, pud=0000000000000000 [ 18.562690] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP **Snip** [ 18.696758] Call trace: [ 18.699278] adreno_gpu_cleanup+0x30/0x88 [ 18.703396] a6xx_destroy+0xc0/0x130 [ 18.707066] a6xx_gpu_init+0x308/0x424 [ 18.710921] adreno_bind+0x178/0x288 [ 18.714590] component_bind_all+0xe0/0x214 [ 18.718797] msm_drm_bind+0x1d4/0x614 [ 18.722566] try_to_bring_up_aggregate_device+0x16c/0x1b8 [ 18.728105] __component_add+0xa0/0x158 [ 18.732048] component_add+0x20/0x2c [ 18.735719] adreno_probe+0x40/0xc0 [ 18.739300] platform_probe+0xb4/0xd4 [ 18.743068] really_probe+0xfc/0x284 [ 18.746738] __driver_probe_device+0xc0/0xec [ 18.751129] driver_probe_device+0x48/0x110 [ 18.755421] __device_attach_driver+0xa8/0xd0 [ 18.759900] bus_for_each_drv+0x90/0xdc [ 18.763843] __device_attach+0xfc/0x174 [ 18.767786] device_initial_probe+0x20/0x2c [ 18.772090] bus_probe_device+0x40/0xa0 [ 18.776032] deferred_probe_work_func+0x94/0xd0 [ 18.780686] process_one_work+0x190/0x3d0 [ 18.784805] worker_thread+0x280/0x3d4 [ 18.788659] kthread+0x104/0x1c0 [ 18.791981] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [ 18.795654] Code: f9400408 aa0003f3 aa1f03f4 91142015 (f9402516) [ 18.801913] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [ 18.809039] Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception

Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/515605/

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3, 6.3
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.1.20-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54199

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-75.82
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1038.43
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1036.44
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1036.41
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1032.35
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1035.40
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1040.47
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1022.27

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54199

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +5 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
  • kernel-default-base SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +3 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3
  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-54199 updated

kernel: drm/msm/adreno: Fix null ptr access in adreno_gpu_cleanup()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

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