CVE-2023-54174

vfio: Fix NULL pointer dereference caused by uninitialized group->iommufd

published December 30, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

vfio: Fix NULL pointer dereference caused by uninitialized group->iommufd

group->iommufd is not initialized for the iommufd_ctx_put()

[20018.331541] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000

[20018.377508] RIP: 0010:iommufd_ctx_put+0x5/0x10 [iommufd]

...

[20018.476483] Call Trace:

[20018.479214] <TASK>

[20018.481555] vfio_group_fops_unl_ioctl+0x506/0x690 [vfio]

[20018.487586] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x6a/0xb0

[20018.491773] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xc5/0xe0

[20018.496347] do_syscall_64+0x67/0x90

[20018.500340] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0xb5

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00185 · 7.7th percentile
Published
2025-12-30T12:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 DEC 12:08Z
    vfio: Fix NULL pointer dereference caused by uninitialized group->iommufd
    cvelistv5