Linux Kernel up to 6.0.18/6.1.4 lib/kobject.c kobject_put initialization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Linux Kernel up to 6.0.18/6.1.4. Impacted is the function kobject_put in the library lib/kobject.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to initialization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-54144. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.0.18/6.1.4. This vulnerability affects the function kobject_put in the library lib/kobject.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a initialization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-665. The product does not initialize or incorrectly initializes a resource, which might leave the resource in an unexpected state when it is accessed or used. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Fix kernel warning during topology setup This patch fixes the following kernel warning seen during driver load by correctly initializing the p2plink attr before creating the sysfs file: [ +0.002865] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ +0.002327] kobject: '(null)' (0000000056260cfb): is not initialized, yet kobject_put() is being called. [ +0.004780] WARNING: CPU: 32 PID: 1006 at lib/kobject.c:718 kobject_put+0xaa/0x1c0 [ +0.001361] Call Trace: [ +0.001234] <TASK> [ +0.001067] kfd_remove_sysfs_node_entry+0x24a/0x2d0 [amdgpu] [ +0.003147] kfd_topology_update_sysfs+0x3d/0x750 [amdgpu] [ +0.002890] kfd_topology_add_device+0xbd7/0xc70 [amdgpu] [ +0.002844] ? lock_release+0x13c/0x2e0 [ +0.001936] ? smu_cmn_send_smc_msg_with_param+0x1e8/0x2d0 [amdgpu] [ +0.003313] ? amdgpu_dpm_get_mclk+0x54/0x60 [amdgpu] [ +0.002703] kgd2kfd_device_init.cold+0x39f/0x4ed [amdgpu] [ +0.002930] amdgpu_amdkfd_device_init+0x13d/0x1f0 [amdgpu] [ +0.002944] amdgpu_device_init.cold+0x1464/0x17b4 [amdgpu] [ +0.002970] ? pci_bus_read_config_word+0x43/0x80 [ +0.002380] amdgpu_driver_load_kms+0x15/0x100 [amdgpu] [ +0.002744] amdgpu_pci_probe+0x147/0x370 [amdgpu] [ +0.002522] local_pci_probe+0x40/0x80 [ +0.001896] work_for_cpu_fn+0x10/0x20 [ +0.001892] process_one_work+0x26e/0x5a0 [ +0.002029] worker_thread+0x1fd/0x3e0 [ +0.001890] ? process_one_work+0x5a0/0x5a0 [ +0.002115] kthread+0xea/0x110 [ +0.001618] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 [ +0.002422] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 [ +0.001808] </TASK> [ +0.001103] irq event stamp: 59837 [ +0.001718] hardirqs last enabled at (59849): [<ffffffffb30fab12>] __up_console_sem+0x52/0x60 [ +0.004414] hardirqs last disabled at (59860): [<ffffffffb30faaf7>] __up_console_sem+0x37/0x60 [ +0.004414] softirqs last enabled at (59654): [<ffffffffb307d9c7>] irq_exit_rcu+0xd7/0x130 [ +0.004205] softirqs last disabled at (59649): [<ffffffffb307d9c7>] irq_exit_rcu+0xd7/0x130 [ +0.004203] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-54144 since 12/24/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 279722 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-54144), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.0.19 or 6.1.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 2d5a6742a242091292cc0a2b607be701a45d0c4e/306888b1246bf44e703b6f1ccc746c2746c1a981/cf97eb7e47d4671084c7e114c5d88a3d0540ecbd 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 (279722) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2929). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

• Open Source Linux Kernel

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8
• 6.0.9
• 6.0.10
• 6.0.11
• 6.0.12
• 6.0.13
• 6.0.14
• 6.0.15
• 6.0.16
• 6.0.17
• 6.0.18
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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