CVE-2023-54044 - Vulnerability Details

- spmi: Add a check for remove callback when removing a SPMI driver

Description

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.

Published: 2025-12-24

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Linux

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573`	affected	< b95a69214daea4aab1c8bad96571d988a62e2c97
`5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573`	affected	< 699949219e35fe29fd42ccf8cd92c989c3d15109
`5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573`	affected	< 54dda732225555dc6d660e95793c54a0a44b612c
`5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573`	affected	< c45ab3ab9c371c9ac22bbe1217e5abb2e55a3d4b
`5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573`	affected	< ee0b6146317a98bfec848d7bde5586beb245a38f
`5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573`	affected	< 428cc252701d6864151f3a296ffc23e1e49a7408
`5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573`	affected	< af763c29b9e7040fedd0077bca053b101438a3a4
`5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573`	affected	< 0f3ef30c1c05502f5de3b73b3715d5994845c1b4
`5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573`	affected	< b56eef3e16d888883fefab47425036de80dd38fc

Linux

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.15`	affected	—
`0`	unaffected	< 3.15
`4.14.315`	unaffected	≤ 4.14.*
`4.19.283`	unaffected	≤ 4.19.*
`5.4.243`	unaffected	≤ 5.4.*
`5.10.180`	unaffected	≤ 5.10.*
`5.15.111`	unaffected	≤ 5.15.*
`6.1.28`	unaffected	≤ 6.1.*
`6.2.15`	unaffected	≤ 6.2.*
`6.3.2`	unaffected	≤ 6.3.*
`6.4`	unaffected	≤ *

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00064.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f3ef30c1c05502f5de3b73b3715d5994845c1b4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/428cc252701d6864151f3a296ffc23e1e49a7408
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54dda732225555dc6d660e95793c54a0a44b612c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/699949219e35fe29fd42ccf8cd92c989c3d15109
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af763c29b9e7040fedd0077bca053b101438a3a4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b56eef3e16d888883fefab47425036de80dd38fc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b95a69214daea4aab1c8bad96571d988a62e2c97
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c45ab3ab9c371c9ac22bbe1217e5abb2e55a3d4b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee0b6146317a98bfec848d7bde5586beb245a38f
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122422-CVE-2023-54044-61d9@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54044
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54044

History

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122422-CVE-2023-54044-61d9@gregkh/T https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54044 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54044
Metrics	threat_severity `None`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}` threat_severity `Low`

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		spmi: Add a check for remove callback when removing a SPMI driver
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f3ef30c1c05502f5de3b73b3715d5994845c1b4 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/428cc252701d6864151f3a296ffc23e1e49a7408 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54dda732225555dc6d660e95793c54a0a44b612c https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/699949219e35fe29fd42ccf8cd92c989c3d15109 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af763c29b9e7040fedd0077bca053b101438a3a4 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b56eef3e16d888883fefab47425036de80dd38fc https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b95a69214daea4aab1c8bad96571d988a62e2c97 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c45ab3ab9c371c9ac22bbe1217e5abb2e55a3d4b https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee0b6146317a98bfec848d7bde5586beb245a38f

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Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-12-24T12:22:56.072Z

Updated: 2026-05-11T19:54:26.074Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T10:53:46.181Z

Link: CVE-2023-54044

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-12-24T13:16:06.030

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2023-54044

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-12-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-54044 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

Tracking

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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