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🛡️ CVE-2023-54073 — kernel

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

tpm: Add !tpm_amd_is_rng_defective() to the hwrng_unregister() call site

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tpm: Add !tpm_amd_is_rng_defective() to the hwrng_unregister() call site

The following crash was reported:

[ 1950.279393] list_del corruption, ffff99560d485790->next is NULL

[ 1950.279400] ------------[ cut here ]------------

[ 1950.279401] kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:49!

[ 1950.279405] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI

[ 1950.279407] CPU: 11 PID: 5886 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G O 6.2.8_1 #1

[ 1950.279409] Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B550M AORUS PRO-P/B550M AORUS PRO-P,

BIOS F15c 05/11/2022

[ 1950.279410] RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid+0x59/0xc0

[ 1950.279415] Code: 48 8b 01 48 39 f8 75 5a 48 8b 72 08 48 39 c6 75 65 b8 01 00 00 00 c3 cc cc cc

cc 48 89 fe 48 c7 c7 08 a8 13 9e e8 b7 0a bc ff <0f> 0b 48 89 fe 48 c7 c7 38 a8 13 9e e8 a6 0a bc

ff 0f 0b 48 89 fe

[ 1950.279416] RSP: 0018:ffffa96d05647e08 EFLAGS: 00010246

[ 1950.279418] RAX: 0000000000000033 RBX: ffff99560d485750 RCX: 0000000000000000

[ 1950.279419] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff9e107c59 RDI: 00000000ffffffff

[ 1950.279420] RBP: ffffffffc19c5168 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffa96d05647cc8

[ 1950.279421] R10: 0000000000000003 R11: ffffffff9ea2a568 R12: 0000000000000000

[ 1950.279422] R13: ffff99560140a2e0 R14: ffff99560127d2e0 R15: 0000000000000000

[ 1950.279422] FS: 00007f67da795380(0000) GS:ffff995d1f0c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000

[ 1950.279424] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033

[ 1950.279424] CR2: 00007f67da7e65c0 CR3: 00000001feed2000 CR4: 0000000000750ee0

[ 1950.279426] PKRU: 55555554

[ 1950.279426] Call Trace:

[ 1950.279428] <TASK>

[ 1950.279430] hwrng_unregister+0x28/0xe0 [rng_core]

[ 1950.279436] tpm_chip_unregister+0xd5/0xf0 [tpm]

Add the forgotten !tpm_amd_is_rng_defective() invariant to the

hwrng_unregister() call site inside tpm_chip_unregister().

Affected software

CVE-2023-54073 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.3.0 up to 6.3.2)
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 24 December 2025 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

Other advisories for this package

kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2023-54073 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-12-24
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.3.0 6.3.2
unknown — —

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