PT-2025-53221 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2023-01-03 · Updated 2026-01-28 · CVE-2023-54144

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw in the drm/amdkfd subsystem. A kernel warning can occur during topology setup due to incorrect initialization of the p2plink attribute before creating the sysfs file. This can lead to a kernel warning message during driver load, as indicated by the error message: 'kobject: '(null)' is not initialized, yet kobject put() is being called'. The issue is related to the kfd remove sysfs node entry, kfd topology update sysfs, and kfd topology add device functions within the amdgpu driver.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Improper Initialization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-665

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-01208

CVE-2023-54144

RHSA-2023:6583

RHSA-2023:7077

SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Amdgpu

References · 855

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/54xxx/CVE-2023-54144.json · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54144 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-54144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54144 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-54144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-01208 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-54144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-54144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53862 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255970 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54025 · Note