CVE-2023-54098
Unknown Unknown - Not Provided
NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux i915 GVT DebugFS Cleanup

Publication date: 2025-12-24

Last updated on: 2025-12-24

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/gvt: fix gvt debugfs destroy When gvt debug fs is destroyed, need to have a sane check if drm minor's debugfs root is still available or not, otherwise in case like device remove through unbinding, drm minor's debugfs directory has already been removed, then intel_gvt_debugfs_clean() would act upon dangling pointer like below oops. i915 0000:00:02.0: Direct firmware load for i915/gvt/vid_0x8086_did_0x1926_rid_0x0a.golden_hw_state failed with error -2 i915 0000:00:02.0: MDEV: Registered Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25 i915 0000:00:02.0: MDEV: Unregistering BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000a0 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 2 PID: 2486 Comm: gfx-unbind.sh Tainted: G I 6.1.0-rc8+ #15 Hardware name: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9350/0JXC1H, BIOS 1.13.0 02/10/2020 RIP: 0010:down_write+0x1f/0x90 Code: 1d ff ff 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 53 48 89 fb e8 62 c0 ff ff bf 01 00 00 00 e8 28 5e 31 ff 31 c0 ba 01 00 00 00 <f0> 48 0f b1 13 75 33 65 48 8b 04 25 c0 bd 01 00 48 89 43 08 bf 01 RSP: 0018:ffff9eb3036ffcc8 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000000000a0 RCX: ffffff8100000000 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000064 RDI: ffffffffa48787a8 RBP: ffff9eb3036ffd30 R08: ffffeb1fc45a0608 R09: ffffeb1fc45a05c0 R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffff91acc33fa328 R14: ffff91acc033f080 R15: ffff91acced533e0 FS: 00007f6947bba740(0000) GS:ffff91ae36d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00000000000000a0 CR3: 00000001133a2002 CR4: 00000000003706e0 Call Trace: <TASK> simple_recursive_removal+0x9f/0x2a0 ? start_creating.part.0+0x120/0x120 ? _raw_spin_lock+0x13/0x40 debugfs_remove+0x40/0x60 intel_gvt_debugfs_clean+0x15/0x30 [kvmgt] intel_gvt_clean_device+0x49/0xe0 [kvmgt] intel_gvt_driver_remove+0x2f/0xb0 i915_driver_remove+0xa4/0xf0 i915_pci_remove+0x1a/0x30 pci_device_remove+0x33/0xa0 device_release_driver_internal+0x1b2/0x230 unbind_store+0xe0/0x110 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x11b/0x1f0 vfs_write+0x203/0x3d0 ksys_write+0x63/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd RIP: 0033:0x7f6947cb5190 Code: 40 00 48 8b 15 71 9c 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b7 0f 1f 00 80 3d 51 24 0e 00 00 74 17 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 58 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 83 ec 28 48 89 RSP: 002b:00007ffcbac45a28 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000000d RCX: 00007f6947cb5190 RDX: 000000000000000d RSI: 0000555e35c866a0 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: 0000555e35c866a0 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000555e358cb97c R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: 000000000000000d R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000555e358cb8e0 </TASK> Modules linked in: kvmgt CR2: 00000000000000a0 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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Published
2025-12-24
Last Modified
2025-12-24
Generated
2026-05-07
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2025-12-24
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-05
NVD
CVE-2023-54098
EUVD
EUVD-2023-60347
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intel i915 *
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CWE-UNKNOWN
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

This vulnerability occurs in the Linux kernel's Intel i915 graphics driver related to the gvt debugfs interface. When the gvt debugfs is destroyed, the code does not properly check if the drm minor's debugfs root directory is still available. If the device is removed through unbinding and the debugfs directory has already been removed, the function intel_gvt_debugfs_clean() may operate on a dangling pointer, leading to a kernel NULL pointer dereference (oops) and potential system crash.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

This vulnerability can cause a kernel NULL pointer dereference, which may lead to a system crash or instability when the affected device is removed. This can result in denial of service or unexpected system behavior on systems using the Intel i915 driver with gvt debugfs enabled.


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