CVE-2023-54274 | RDMA/srpt: Add a check for valid 'mad_agent' pointer

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/srpt: Add a check for valid 'mad_agent' pointer When unregistering MAD agent, srpt module has a non-null check for 'mad_agent' pointer before invoking ib_unregister_mad_agent(). This check can pass if 'mad_agent' variable holds an error value. The 'mad_agent' can have an error value for a short window when srpt_add_one() and srpt_remove_one() is executed simultaneously. In srpt module, added a valid pointer check for 'sport->mad_agent' before unregistering MAD agent. This issue can hit when RoCE driver unregisters ib_device Stack Trace: ------------ BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000004d PGD 145003067 P4D 145003067 PUD 2324fe067 PMD 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 10 PID: 4459 Comm: kworker/u80:0 Kdump: loaded Tainted: P Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R640/06NR82, BIOS 2.5.4 01/13/2020 Workqueue: bnxt_re bnxt_re_task [bnxt_re] RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x19/0x40 Call Trace: ib_unregister_mad_agent+0x46/0x2f0 [ib_core] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): bond0: link becomes ready ? __schedule+0x20b/0x560 srpt_unregister_mad_agent+0x93/0xd0 [ib_srpt] srpt_remove_one+0x20/0x150 [ib_srpt] remove_client_context+0x88/0xd0 [ib_core] bond0: (slave p2p1): link status definitely up, 100000 Mbps full duplex disable_device+0x8a/0x160 [ib_core] bond0: active interface up! ? kernfs_name_hash+0x12/0x80 (NULL device *): Bonding Info Received: rdev: 000000006c0b8247 __ib_unregister_device+0x42/0xb0 [ib_core] (NULL device *): Master: mode: 4 num_slaves:2 ib_unregister_device+0x22/0x30 [ib_core] (NULL device *): Slave: id: 105069936 name:p2p1 link:0 state:0 bnxt_re_stopqps_and_ib_uninit+0x83/0x90 [bnxt_re] bnxt_re_alloc_lag+0x12e/0x4e0 [bnxt_re]

Published: 2025-12-30 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-54274 is rated Low Risk (6/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-54274

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# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-31 0.02%

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OS Trackers for CVE-2023-54274

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debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-54274 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-54274
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54274
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54274/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-54274 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 177, released 111, not-affected 64, needed 42, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-54274

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-54274

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References for CVE-2023-54274

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