CVE-2023-54217
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "drm/msm: Add missing check and destroy for alloc_ordered_workqueue" This reverts commit 643b7d0869cc7f1f7a5ac7ca6bd25d88f54e31d0. A recent patch that tried to fix up the msm_drm_init() paths with respect to the workqueue but only ended up making things worse: First, the newly added calls to msm_drm_uninit() on early errors would trigger NULL-pointer dereferences, for example, as the kms pointer would not have been initialised. (Note that these paths were also modified by a second broken error handling patch which in effect cancelled out this part when merged.) Second, the newly added allocation sanity check would still leak the previously allocated drm device. Instead of trying to salvage what was badly broken (and clearly not tested), let's revert the bad commit so that clean and backportable fixes can be added in its place. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/525107/
Affected versions
Linux kernel versions
6.3
and later are affected. Fixed in
6.3.2,
6.4
and their respective stable series.
References
The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-54217 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9078b434587722a6f2958dc1d536af6e39634db9
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfa70344d1b5f5ff08525a8c872c8dd5e82fc5d9
Frequently asked questions
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What is CVE-2023-54217?
CVE-2023-54217 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.3 onward and has been patched in 6.3.2 and 6.4. CVE-2023-54217 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-54217?
Yes — CVE-2023-54217 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.3.2 and 6.4. If you are running Linux kernel 6.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
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Is CVE-2023-54217 actively exploited?
No — CVE-2023-54217 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.