CVE-2023-54271
N/A ALL-YEARSIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-cgroup: Fix NULL deref caused by blkg_policy_data being installed before init blk-iocost sometimes causes the following crash: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000e0 ... RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_lock+0x17/0x30 Code: be 01 02 00 00 e8 79 38 39 ff 31 d2 89 d0 5d c3 0f 1f 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 65 ff 05 48 d0 34 7e b9 01 00 00 00 31 c0 <f0> 0f b1 0f 75 02 5d c3 89 c6 e8 ea 04 00 00 5d c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc900023b3d40 EFLAGS: 00010046 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000000000e0 RCX: 0000000000000001 RDX: ffffc900023b3d20 RSI: ffffc900023b3cf0 RDI: 00000000000000e0 RBP: ffffc900023b3d40 R08: ffffc900023b3c10 R09: 0000000000000003 R10: 0000000000000064 R11: 000000000000000a R12: ffff888102337000 R13: fffffffffffffff2 R14: ffff88810af408c8 R15: ffff8881070c3600 FS: 00007faaaf364fc0(0000) GS:ffff88842fdc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00000000000000e0 CR3: 00000001097b1000 CR4: 0000000000350ea0 Call Trace: <TASK> ioc_weight_write+0x13d/0x410 cgroup_file_write+0x7a/0x130 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0xf5/0x170 vfs_write+0x298/0x370 ksys_write+0x5f/0xb0 __x64_sys_write+0x1b/0x20 do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 This happens because iocg->ioc is NULL. The field is initialized by ioc_pd_init() and never cleared. The NULL deref is caused by
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Exploitation likelihood
0.2%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 12th percentile
Impact if exploited
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Vendor product assessments
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bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.4.0-503.11.1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_5?arch=aarch64
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Vendor guidance
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_5?arch=s390x
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Vendor guidance
perf-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_5?arch=s390x
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Vendor guidance
kernel-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_5?arch=s390x
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Vendor guidance
kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_5?arch=aarch64
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Vendor guidance
kernel-modules-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_5?arch=x86_64
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Vendor guidance
kernel-zfcpdump-core-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_5?arch=s390x
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Vendor guidance
kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_5?arch=ppc64le
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Vendor guidance
libperf-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_5?arch=ppc64le
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Vendor guidance
kernel-rt-modules-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_5?arch=x86_64
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Vendor guidance
python3-perf-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) · fixed
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pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]_5?arch=x86_64
- vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Vendor guidance
kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel
- no fix planned: Out of support scope
kernel-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-headers
- no fix planned: Out of support scope
kernel-abi-whitelists as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-abi-whitelists
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-debug-modules-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-debug-modules-internal
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-rt as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-rt-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-devel
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-tools as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-tools
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-zfcpdump-modules-internal
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-rt-debug-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-debug-devel
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-rt-devel-matched as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-devel-matched
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-rt.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt?arch=src
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-headers-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00kernel-64k-debug-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-64k-debug-core
Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00kernel-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00kernel-modules-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00kernel-rt-64k-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00kernel-rt-kvm as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00kernel-abi-whitelists as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-abi-whitelists
Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00kernel-rt-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-devel
Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00python-perf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/python-perf
Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00
References
Advisories
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-54271.json Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-60370 EUVD · EUVD-2023-60370
Technical & other
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da6cc648c1f570290af1ddbe6b7ca3d91b1d6db9CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-06-19T11:57:10.027Z
NVD · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-10-15T01:17:17.017 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33f0370bb7ce15a59d72a4d8a05421d334a04addCVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-06-19T11:57:10.027Z
NVD · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-10-15T01:17:17.017 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e39ef7880d1057b2ebcdb013405f4d84a257db23CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-06-19T11:57:10.027Z
NVD · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-10-15T01:17:17.017 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d63c6f9765339dcfc34b7365ced7c518012e4feCVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-06-19T11:57:10.027Z
NVD · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-10-15T01:17:17.017 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec14a87ee1999b19d8b7ed0fa95fea80644624aeCVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-06-19T11:57:10.027Z
NVD · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-10-15T01:17:17.017 - https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.htmlCVE record · siemens-SADP · Updated 2026-10-15T00:17:14.068Z
NVD · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-10-15T01:17:17.017 - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54271 Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2426240 Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54271 Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54271 Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025123001-CVE-2023-54271-d75a@gregkh/T Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9315 Red Hat · CVE-2023-54271 · Updated 2026-07-08T12:19:44+00:00
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