CVE-2023-54059: soc: mediatek: mtk-svs: Enable the IRQ later

Severity: unknown
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-12-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: mediatek: mtk-svs: Enable the IRQ later If the system does not come from reset (like when is booted via kexec()), the peripheral might triger an IRQ before the data structures are initialised. [ 0.227710] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000f08 [ 0.227913] Call trace: [ 0.227918] svs_isr+0x8c/0x538

Affected products

Linux kernel: 6.0 — fixed in 6.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66ea96629bbccf1b483be506f3daff754069cdd3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b99ebd30d65ee5ab8e8dd1d378550911eff5e4f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b74952aba6c3f47e7f2c5165abaeefa44c377140

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