CVE-2023-54174

Linux kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio: Fix NULL pointer dereference caused by uninitialized group->iommufd group->iommufd is not initialized for the iommufd_ctx_put() [20018.331541] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [20018.377508] RIP: 0010:iommufd_ctx_put+0x5/0x10 [iommufd] ... [20018.476483] Call Trace: [20018.479214] <TASK> [20018.481555] vfio_group_fops_unl_ioctl+0x506/0x690 [vfio] [20018.487586] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x6a/0xb0 [20018.491773] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xc5/0xe0 [20018.496347] do_syscall_64+0x67/0x90 [20018.500340] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0xb5

Scores

EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.8%

Details

Status published
Products (7)
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.2.3linux
Linux/Linux < 6.2
Linux/Linux 6.2
Linux/Linux 6.2.3 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux 6.3
Linux/Linux 9eefba8002c27d65ab52a533fd0611b099b73591 - 8f24eef598ce7cce0bbefe0ec642bcc031d0f528
Linux/Linux 9eefba8002c27d65ab52a533fd0611b099b73591 - d649c34cb916b015fdcb487e51409fcc5caeca8d
Published Dec 30, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026