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().

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00026.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

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Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
b006c439d58db625318bf2207feabf847510a8a6 affected < 1408d27f25c7b73ece7545cb6434965eedc49ddb
b006c439d58db625318bf2207feabf847510a8a6 affected < 8da5ba044ea74105f3cfa182603b2f2d766fb22d
b006c439d58db625318bf2207feabf847510a8a6 affected < 0af0a989e747248e05640980661225e5b94cdb9e
b006c439d58db625318bf2207feabf847510a8a6 affected < bd8621ca1510e6e802df9855bdc35a04a3cfa932
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
6.1 affected —
0 unaffected < 6.1
6.1.28 unaffected ≤ 6.1.*
6.2.15 unaffected ≤ 6.2.*
6.3.2 unaffected ≤ 6.3.*
6.4 unaffected ≤ *

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af0a989e747248e05640980661225e5b94cdb9e cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1408d27f25c7b73ece7545cb6434965eedc49ddb cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8da5ba044ea74105f3cfa182603b2f2d766fb22d cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd8621ca1510e6e802df9855bdc35a04a3cfa932 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122432-CVE-2023-54073-249f@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54073 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54073 cve-icon
History

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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().
Title tpm: Add !tpm_amd_is_rng_defective() to the hwrng_unregister() call site
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-24T12:23:16.237Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T12:21:05.093Z

Link: CVE-2023-54073

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-24T13:16:09.150

Modified: 2025-12-29T15:58:34.503

Link: CVE-2023-54073

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-12-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-54073 - Bugzilla

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