Linux Kernel up to 6.4.10 amd-pstate bus_get_dev_root state issue

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A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.4.10 and classified as critical. Impacted is the function bus_get_dev_root of the component amd-pstate. Performing a manipulation results in state issue. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-53550. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.4.10. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function bus_get_dev_root of the component amd-pstate. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a state issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-371. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: amd-pstate: fix global sysfs attribute type In commit 3666062b87ec ("cpufreq: amd-pstate: move to use bus_get_dev_root()") the "amd_pstate" attributes where moved from a dedicated kobject to the cpu root kobject. While the dedicated kobject expects to contain kobj_attributes the root kobject needs device_attributes. As the changed arguments are not used by the callbacks it works most of the time. However CFI will detect this issue: [ 4947.849350] CFI failure at dev_attr_show+0x24/0x60 (target: show_status+0x0/0x70; expected type: 0x8651b1de) ... [ 4947.849409] Call Trace: [ 4947.849410] <TASK> [ 4947.849411] ? __warn+0xcf/0x1c0 [ 4947.849414] ? dev_attr_show+0x24/0x60 [ 4947.849415] ? report_cfi_failure+0x4e/0x60 [ 4947.849417] ? handle_cfi_failure+0x14c/0x1d0 [ 4947.849419] ? __cfi_show_status+0x10/0x10 [ 4947.849420] ? handle_bug+0x4f/0x90 [ 4947.849421] ? exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x60 [ 4947.849422] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 [ 4947.849424] ? __cfi_show_status+0x10/0x10 [ 4947.849425] ? dev_attr_show+0x24/0x60 [ 4947.849426] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xa6/0x110 [ 4947.849433] seq_read_iter+0x16c/0x4b0 [ 4947.849436] vfs_read+0x272/0x2d0 [ 4947.849438] ksys_read+0x72/0xe0 [ 4947.849439] do_syscall_64+0x76/0xb0 [ 4947.849440] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x252/0x650 [ 4947.849442] ? exc_page_fault+0x7a/0x1b0 [ 4947.849443] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-53550 since 10/04/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/02/2026).

Upgrading to version 6.4.11 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ddcfc33a20380508f7fea18e1c330abe17ed4fc0/5e720f8c8c9d959283c3908bbf32a91a01a86547 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2023-60058) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2194). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Google Cloud Platform
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• RESF Rocky Linux
• NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell NetWorker

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.4.0
• 6.4.1
• 6.4.2
• 6.4.3
• 6.4.4
• 6.4.5
• 6.4.6
• 6.4.7
• 6.4.8
• 6.4.9
• 6.4.10

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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