vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-53789: Important priority package update for kernel
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C) | Dec 9, 2025 | Jan 12, 2026 | Jan 12, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
Dec 9, 2025
Added
Jan 12, 2026
Modified
Jan 12, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/amd: Improve page fault error reporting
If IOMMU domain for device group is not setup properly then we may hit
IOMMU page fault. Current page fault handler assumes that domain is
always setup and it will hit NULL pointer derefence (see below sample log).
Lets check whether domain is setup or not and log appropriate message.
Sample log:
----------
amdgpu 0000:00:01.0: amdgpu: SE 1, SH per SE 1, CU per SH 8, active_cu_number 6
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000058
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 2 PID: 56 Comm: irq/24-AMD-Vi Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2+ #89
Hardware name: xxx
RIP: 0010:report_iommu_fault+0x11/0x90
[...]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
amd_iommu_int_thread+0x60c/0x760
? __pfx_irq_thread_fn+0x10/0x10
irq_thread_fn+0x1f/0x60
irq_thread+0xea/0x1a0
? preempt_count_add+0x6a/0xa0
? __pfx_irq_thread_dtor+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_irq_thread+0x10/0x10
kthread+0xe9/0x110
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50
</TASK>
[joro: Edit commit message]
iommu/amd: Improve page fault error reporting
If IOMMU domain for device group is not setup properly then we may hit
IOMMU page fault. Current page fault handler assumes that domain is
always setup and it will hit NULL pointer derefence (see below sample log).
Lets check whether domain is setup or not and log appropriate message.
Sample log:
----------
amdgpu 0000:00:01.0: amdgpu: SE 1, SH per SE 1, CU per SH 8, active_cu_number 6
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000058
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 2 PID: 56 Comm: irq/24-AMD-Vi Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2+ #89
Hardware name: xxx
RIP: 0010:report_iommu_fault+0x11/0x90
[...]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
amd_iommu_int_thread+0x60c/0x760
? __pfx_irq_thread_fn+0x10/0x10
irq_thread_fn+0x1f/0x60
irq_thread+0xea/0x1a0
? preempt_count_add+0x6a/0xa0
? __pfx_irq_thread_dtor+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_irq_thread+0x10/0x10
kthread+0xe9/0x110
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50
</TASK>
[joro: Edit commit message]
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