CVE-2023-53647

MEDIUM
Published Oct 7, 2025 Modified Feb 3, 2026 CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't dereference ACPI root object handle Since the commit referenced in the Fixes: tag below the VMBus client driver is walking the ACPI namespace up from the VMBus ACPI device to the ACPI namespace root object trying to find Hyper-V MMIO ranges. However, if it is not able to find them it ends trying to walk resources of the ACPI namespace root object itself. This object has all-ones handle, which causes a NULL pointer dereference in the ACPI code (from dereferencing this pointer with an offset). This in turn causes an oops on boot with VMBus host implementations that do not provide Hyper-V MMIO ranges in their VMBus ACPI device or its ancestors. The QEMU VMBus implementation is an example of such implementation. I guess providing these ranges is optional, since all tested Windows versions seem to be able to use VMBus devices without them. Fix this by explicitly terminating the lookup at the ACPI namespace root object. Note that Linux guests under KVM/QEMU do not use the Hyper-V PV interface by default - they only do so if the KVM PV interface is missing or disabled. Example stack trace of such oops: [ 3.710827] ? __die+0x1f/0x60 [ 3.715030] ? page_fault_oops+0x159/0x460 [ 3.716008] ? exc_page_fault+0x73/0x170 [ 3.716959] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [ 3.717957] ? acpi_ns_lookup+0x7a/0x4b0 [ 3.718898] ? acpi_ns_internalize_name+0x79/0xc0 [ 3.720018] acpi_ns_get_node_unlocked+0xb5/0xe0 [ 3.721120] ? acpi_ns_check_object_type+0xfe/0x200 [ 3.722285] ? acpi_rs_convert_aml_to_resource+0x37/0x6e0 [ 3.723559] ? down_timeout+0x3a/0x60 [ 3.724455] ? acpi_ns_get_node+0x3a/0x60 [ 3.725412] acpi_ns_get_node+0x3a/0x60 [ 3.726335] acpi_ns_evaluate+0x1c3/0x2c0 [ 3.727295] acpi_ut_evaluate_object+0x64/0x1b0 [ 3.728400] acpi_rs_get_method_data+0x2b/0x70 [ 3.729476] ? vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x1d0/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus] [ 3.730940] ? vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x1d0/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus] [ 3.732411] acpi_walk_resources+0x78/0xd0 [ 3.733398] vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x9f/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus] [ 3.734802] platform_probe+0x3d/0x90 [ 3.735684] really_probe+0x19b/0x400 [ 3.736570] ? __device_attach_driver+0x100/0x100 [ 3.737697] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x160 [ 3.738746] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90 [ 3.739743] __driver_attach+0xc2/0x1b0 [ 3.740671] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xc0 [ 3.741601] bus_add_driver+0x10e/0x210 [ 3.742527] driver_register+0x55/0xf0 [ 3.744412] ? 0xffffffffc039a000 [ 3.745207] hv_acpi_init+0x3c/0x1000 [hv_vmbus]

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CVSS v3.1 Score

5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-476 CWE-476

Affected Products

Vendor Product
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-53647? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't dereference ACPI root object handle Since the commit referenced in the Fixes: tag below the VMBus client driver is walking the ACPI namespace up from the VMBus ACPI device to the ACPI namespace root object trying to find Hyper-V MMIO ranges. However, if it is not able to find them it ends trying to walk resources of the ACPI namespace root object itself. This object has all-ones handle, which causes a NULL pointer dereference in the ACPI code (from dereferencing this pointer with an offset). This in turn causes an oops on boot with VMBus host implementations that do not provide Hyper-V MMIO ranges in their VMBus ACPI device or its ancestors. The QEMU VMBus implementation is an example of such implementation. I guess providing these ranges is optional, since all tested Windows versions seem to be able to use VMBus devices without them. Fix this by explicitly terminating the lookup at the ACPI namespace root object. Note that Linux guests under KVM/QEMU do not use the Hyper-V PV interface by default - they only do so if the KVM PV interface is missing or disabled. Example stack trace of such oops: [ 3.710827] ? __die+0x1f/0x60 [ 3.715030] ? page_fault_oops+0x159/0x460 [ 3.716008] ? exc_page_fault+0x73/0x170 [ 3.716959] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [ 3.717957] ? acpi_ns_lookup+0x7a/0x4b0 [ 3.718898] ? acpi_ns_internalize_name+0x79/0xc0 [ 3.720018] acpi_ns_get_node_unlocked+0xb5/0xe0 [ 3.721120] ? acpi_ns_check_object_type+0xfe/0x200 [ 3.722285] ? acpi_rs_convert_aml_to_resource+0x37/0x6e0 [ 3.723559] ? down_timeout+0x3a/0x60 [ 3.724455] ? acpi_ns_get_node+0x3a/0x60 [ 3.725412] acpi_ns_get_node+0x3a/0x60 [ 3.726335] acpi_ns_evaluate+0x1c3/0x2c0 [ 3.727295] acpi_ut_evaluate_object+0x64/0x1b0 [ 3.728400] acpi_rs_get_method_data+0x2b/0x70 [ 3.729476] ? vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x1d0/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus] [ 3.730940] ? vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x1d0/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus] [ 3.732411] acpi_walk_resources+0x78/0xd0 [ 3.733398] vmbus_platform_driver_probe+0x9f/0x1d0 [hv_vmbus] [ 3.734802] platform_probe+0x3d/0x90 [ 3.735684] really_probe+0x19b/0x400 [ 3.736570] ? __device_attach_driver+0x100/0x100 [ 3.737697] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x160 [ 3.738746] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90 [ 3.739743] __driver_attach+0xc2/0x1b0 [ 3.740671] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xc0 [ 3.741601] bus_add_driver+0x10e/0x210 [ 3.742527] driver_register+0x55/0xf0 [ 3.744412] ? 0xffffffffc039a000 [ 3.745207] hv_acpi_init+0x3c/0x1000 [hv_vmbus] It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
How severe is CVE-2023-53647? +
CVE-2023-53647 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.
What products are affected by CVE-2023-53647? +
CVE-2023-53647 affects products from linux, specifically: linux_kernel. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2023-53647? +
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