What is CVE-2023-54138?

CVE-2023-54138 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.15 onward and patched in 5.15.112, 6.1.29, 6.2.16 and others. CVE-2023-54138 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-54138?

CVE-2023-54138 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-54138?

Yes, CVE-2023-54138 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.112, 6.1.29, 6.2.16 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2023-54138 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-54138 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2023-54138

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: fix NULL-deref on irq uninstall In case of early initialisation errors and on platforms that do not use the DPU controller, the deinitilisation code can be called with the kms pointer set to NULL. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/525104/

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-24

Last modified 2026-04-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.15 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.112, 6.1.29, 6.2.16, 6.3.3, 6.4 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.15

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.112 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.29 6.1.x ✓ 6.2.16 6.2.x ✓ 6.3.3 6.3.x ✓ 6.4

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-54138 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72092e34742e8b34accdadfa7bd9a13cf255a531
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bafa985acff9b0ed53957beff33c18be08d6b9a6
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd459c005de3e2b855a8cc7768e633ce9d018e9f
Patch

5 patch commits total View all on NVD

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-54138?

CVE-2023-54138 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.15 onward and has been patched in 5.15.112, 6.1.29, 6.2.16 and others. CVE-2023-54138 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-54138?

Yes — CVE-2023-54138 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.112, 6.1.29, 6.2.16 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2023-54138 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2023-54138 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.