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CVE-2023-54044
published 2025-12-24

CVE-2023-54044: 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…

PriorityP421low5.5
EPSS
0.25%
16.1th 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.

Affected

23 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.37-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.37-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux——
linuxlinux>= 5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573 < b95a69214daea4aab1c8bad96571d988a62e2c97b95a69214daea4aab1c8bad96571d988a62e2c97
linuxlinux>= 5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573 < 699949219e35fe29fd42ccf8cd92c989c3d15109699949219e35fe29fd42ccf8cd92c989c3d15109
linuxlinux>= 5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573 < 54dda732225555dc6d660e95793c54a0a44b612c54dda732225555dc6d660e95793c54a0a44b612c
linuxlinux>= 5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573 < c45ab3ab9c371c9ac22bbe1217e5abb2e55a3d4bc45ab3ab9c371c9ac22bbe1217e5abb2e55a3d4b
linuxlinux>= 5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573 < ee0b6146317a98bfec848d7bde5586beb245a38fee0b6146317a98bfec848d7bde5586beb245a38f
linuxlinux>= 5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573 < 428cc252701d6864151f3a296ffc23e1e49a7408428cc252701d6864151f3a296ffc23e1e49a7408
linuxlinux>= 5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573 < af763c29b9e7040fedd0077bca053b101438a3a4af763c29b9e7040fedd0077bca053b101438a3a4
linuxlinux>= 5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573 < 0f3ef30c1c05502f5de3b73b3715d5994845c1b40f3ef30c1c05502f5de3b73b3715d5994845c1b4
linuxlinux>= 5a86bf343976b9c8ab2f240bc866451fa67e5573 < b56eef3e16d888883fefab47425036de80dd38fcb56eef3e16d888883fefab47425036de80dd38fc
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.191-15.10.191-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.37-16.1.37-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.3.7-16.3.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.3.7-16.3.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 3.15.0 < 4.14.3154.14.315
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.15.0 < 4.19.2834.19.283
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.20.0 < 5.4.2435.4.243
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11.0 < 5.15.1115.15.111
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16.0 < 6.1.286.1.28
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5.0 < 5.10.1805.10.180
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2.0 < 6.2.156.2.15
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.3.0 < 6.3.26.3.2
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