CVE-2023-54259 — Improper Update of Reference Count in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 93.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 30
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
soundwire: bus: Fix unbalanced pm_runtime_put() causing usage count underflow
This reverts commit
443a98e649b4 ("soundwire: bus: use pm_runtime_resume_and_get()")
Change calls to pm_runtime_resume_and_get() back to pm_runtime_get_sync().
This fixes a usage count underrun caused by doing a pm_runtime_put() even
though pm_runtime_resume_and_get() returned an error.
The three affected functions ignore -EACCES error from trying …
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux443a98e649b469b4e6a2832799853a5764ef9002 — 4e5e9da139c007dfc397a159093b4c4187ee67fa+3
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2023-54259: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soundwire: bus: Fix unbalanced pm_runtime_put() causing usage count underflow This↗2025-12-30
GHSA▶
GHSA-qq6g-5658-hpx2: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
soundwire: bus: Fix unbalanced pm_runtime_put() causing usage count underflow
Th↗2025-12-30