CVE-2023-54044

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spmi: Add a check for remove callback when remov...

CVE-2023-54044 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2023-184, released May 25, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
n/a
important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0028
21st percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spmi: Add a check for remove callback when removing a SPMI driver When removing a SPMI driver, there can be a crash due to NULL pointer dereference if it does not have a remove callback defined. This is one such call trace observed when removing the QCOM SPMI PMIC driver: dump_backtrace.cfi_jt+0x0/0x8 dump_stack_lvl+0xd8/0x16c panic+0x188/0x498 __cfi_slowpath+0x0/0x214 __cfi_slowpath+0x1dc/0x214 spmi_drv_remove+0x16c/0x1e0 device_release_driver_internal+0x468/0x79c driver_detach+0x11c/0x1a0 bus_remove_driver+0xc4/0x124 driver_unregister+0x58/0x84 cleanup_module+0x1c/0xc24 [qcom_spmi_pmic] __do_sys_delete_module+0x3ec/0x53c __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x18/0x28 el0_svc_common+0xdc/0x294 el0_svc+0x38/0x9c el0_sync_handler+0x8c/0xf0 el0_sync+0x1b4/0x1c0 If a driver has all its resources allocated through devm_() APIs and does not need any other explicit cleanup, it would not require a remove callback to be defined. Hence, add a check for remove callback presence before calling it when removing a SPMI driver.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
bpftool-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-headers · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-libbpf · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-libbpf-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-libbpf-static · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-livepatch-6.1.29-47.49 · amzn 2023 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-tools · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
kernel-tools-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.37-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54044 Dec 24, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.3.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54044 Dec 24, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.3.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54044 Dec 24, 2025
perf · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
python3-perf · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023
python3-perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184 May 25, 2023

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