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

vduse: fix NULL pointer dereference

vduse_vdpa_set_vq_affinity callback can be called
with NULL value as cpu_mask when deleting the vduse
device.

This patch resets virtqueue's IRQ affinity mask value
to set all CPUs instead of dereferencing NULL cpu_mask.

[ 4760.952149] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
[ 4760.959110] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 4760.964247] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 4760.969385] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ 4760.971927] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
[ 4760.976112] CPU: 13 PID: 2346 Comm: vdpa Not tainted 6.4.0-rc6+ #4
[ 4760.982291] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R640/0W23H8, BIOS 2.8.1 06/26/2020
[ 4760.989769] RIP: 0010:memcpy_orig+0xc5/0x130
[ 4760.994049] Code: 16 f8 4c 89 07 4c 89 4f 08 4c 89 54 17 f0 4c 89 5c 17 f8 c3 cc cc cc cc 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 83 fa 08 72 1b <4c> 8b 06 4c 8b 4c 16 f8 4c 89 07 4c 89 4c 17 f8 c3 cc cc cc cc 66
[ 4761.012793] RSP: 0018:ffffb1d565abb830 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 4761.018020] RAX: ffff9f4bf6b27898 RBX: ffff9f4be23969c0 RCX: ffff9f4bcadf6400
[ 4761.025152] RDX: 0000000000000008 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff9f4bf6b27898
[ 4761.032286] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000008 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 4761.039416] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000600 R12: 0000000000000000
[ 4761.046549] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000080 R15: ffffb1d565abbb10
[ 4761.053680] FS: 00007f64c2ec2740(0000) GS:ffff9f635f980000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 4761.061765] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 4761.067513] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000001875270006 CR4: 00000000007706e0
[ 4761.074645] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 4761.081775] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 4761.088909] PKRU: 55555554
[ 4761.091620] Call Trace:
[ 4761.094074] <TASK>
[ 4761.096180] ? __die+0x1f/0x70
[ 4761.099238] ? page_fault_oops+0x171/0x4f0
[ 4761.103340] ? exc_page_fault+0x7b/0x180
[ 4761.107265] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
[ 4761.111460] ? memcpy_orig+0xc5/0x130
[ 4761.115126] vduse_vdpa_set_vq_affinity+0x3e/0x50 [vduse]
[ 4761.120533] virtnet_clean_affinity.part.0+0x3d/0x90 [virtio_net]
[ 4761.126635] remove_vq_common+0x1a4/0x250 [virtio_net]
[ 4761.131781] virtnet_remove+0x5d/0x70 [virtio_net]
[ 4761.136580] virtio_dev_remove+0x3a/0x90
[ 4761.140509] device_release_driver_internal+0x19b/0x200
[ 4761.145742] bus_remove_device+0xc2/0x130
[ 4761.149755] device_del+0x158/0x3e0
[ 4761.153245] ? kernfs_find_ns+0x35/0xc0
[ 4761.157086] device_unregister+0x13/0x60
[ 4761.161010] unregister_virtio_device+0x11/0x20
[ 4761.165543] device_release_driver_internal+0x19b/0x200
[ 4761.170770] bus_remove_device+0xc2/0x130
[ 4761.174782] device_del+0x158/0x3e0
[ 4761.178276] ? __pfx_vdpa_name_match+0x10/0x10 [vdpa]
[ 4761.183336] device_unregister+0x13/0x60
[ 4761.187260] vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_del_set_doit+0x63/0xe0 [vdpa]

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
28f6288eb63d5979fa6758e64f52e4d55cf184a8 affected < f9d46429de2a251e1e4962e1bf86c344d6336562
28f6288eb63d5979fa6758e64f52e4d55cf184a8 affected < f06cf1e1a503169280467d12d2ec89bf2c30ace7
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
6.4 affected —
0 unaffected < 6.4
6.4.4 unaffected ≤ 6.4.*
6.5 unaffected ≤ *

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https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025123029-CVE-2023-54291-2983@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54291 cve-icon
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Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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{'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

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vduse: fix NULL pointer dereference vduse_vdpa_set_vq_affinity callback can be called with NULL value as cpu_mask when deleting the vduse device. This patch resets virtqueue's IRQ affinity mask value to set all CPUs instead of dereferencing NULL cpu_mask. [ 4760.952149] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [ 4760.959110] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 4760.964247] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 4760.969385] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 4760.971927] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI [ 4760.976112] CPU: 13 PID: 2346 Comm: vdpa Not tainted 6.4.0-rc6+ #4 [ 4760.982291] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R640/0W23H8, BIOS 2.8.1 06/26/2020 [ 4760.989769] RIP: 0010:memcpy_orig+0xc5/0x130 [ 4760.994049] Code: 16 f8 4c 89 07 4c 89 4f 08 4c 89 54 17 f0 4c 89 5c 17 f8 c3 cc cc cc cc 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 83 fa 08 72 1b <4c> 8b 06 4c 8b 4c 16 f8 4c 89 07 4c 89 4c 17 f8 c3 cc cc cc cc 66 [ 4761.012793] RSP: 0018:ffffb1d565abb830 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 4761.018020] RAX: ffff9f4bf6b27898 RBX: ffff9f4be23969c0 RCX: ffff9f4bcadf6400 [ 4761.025152] RDX: 0000000000000008 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff9f4bf6b27898 [ 4761.032286] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000008 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 4761.039416] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000600 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 4761.046549] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000080 R15: ffffb1d565abbb10 [ 4761.053680] FS: 00007f64c2ec2740(0000) GS:ffff9f635f980000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 4761.061765] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 4761.067513] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000001875270006 CR4: 00000000007706e0 [ 4761.074645] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 4761.081775] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 4761.088909] PKRU: 55555554 [ 4761.091620] Call Trace: [ 4761.094074] <TASK> [ 4761.096180] ? __die+0x1f/0x70 [ 4761.099238] ? page_fault_oops+0x171/0x4f0 [ 4761.103340] ? exc_page_fault+0x7b/0x180 [ 4761.107265] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [ 4761.111460] ? memcpy_orig+0xc5/0x130 [ 4761.115126] vduse_vdpa_set_vq_affinity+0x3e/0x50 [vduse] [ 4761.120533] virtnet_clean_affinity.part.0+0x3d/0x90 [virtio_net] [ 4761.126635] remove_vq_common+0x1a4/0x250 [virtio_net] [ 4761.131781] virtnet_remove+0x5d/0x70 [virtio_net] [ 4761.136580] virtio_dev_remove+0x3a/0x90 [ 4761.140509] device_release_driver_internal+0x19b/0x200 [ 4761.145742] bus_remove_device+0xc2/0x130 [ 4761.149755] device_del+0x158/0x3e0 [ 4761.153245] ? kernfs_find_ns+0x35/0xc0 [ 4761.157086] device_unregister+0x13/0x60 [ 4761.161010] unregister_virtio_device+0x11/0x20 [ 4761.165543] device_release_driver_internal+0x19b/0x200 [ 4761.170770] bus_remove_device+0xc2/0x130 [ 4761.174782] device_del+0x158/0x3e0 [ 4761.178276] ? __pfx_vdpa_name_match+0x10/0x10 [vdpa] [ 4761.183336] device_unregister+0x13/0x60 [ 4761.187260] vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_del_set_doit+0x63/0xe0 [vdpa]
Title vduse: fix NULL pointer dereference
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: 2025-12-30T12:23:29.754Z

Reserved: 2025-12-30T12:06:44.527Z

Link: CVE-2023-54291

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-30T13:16:18.170

Modified: 2025-12-31T20:42:43.210

Link: CVE-2023-54291

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-12-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-54291 - Bugzilla

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