Linux Kernel up to 6.1.27/6.2.14/6.3.1 tpm tpm_amd_is_rng_defective denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.27/6.2.14/6.3.1. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function tpm_amd_is_rng_defective of the component tpm. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-54073. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.27/6.2.14/6.3.1. This affects the function tpm_amd_is_rng_defective of the component tpm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

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().

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-54073 since 12/24/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 280027 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-54073), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.28, 6.2.15 or 6.3.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 1408d27f25c7b73ece7545cb6434965eedc49ddb/8da5ba044ea74105f3cfa182603b2f2d766fb22d/0af0a989e747248e05640980661225e5b94cdb9e/bd8621ca1510e6e802df9855bdc35a04a3cfa932 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 Tenable (280027) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2929). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Open Source Linux Kernel

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
• 6.1.12
• 6.1.13
• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.1.16
• 6.1.17
• 6.1.18
• 6.1.19
• 6.1.20
• 6.1.21
• 6.1.22
• 6.1.23
• 6.1.24
• 6.1.25
• 6.1.26
• 6.1.27
• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7
• 6.2.8
• 6.2.9
• 6.2.10
• 6.2.11
• 6.2.12
• 6.2.13
• 6.2.14
• 6.3.0
• 6.3.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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