{"cve":"CVE-2023-54195","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-30T13:16:07.547","modified":"2026-10-28T19:10:00.193","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrxrpc: Fix timeout of a call that hasn't yet been granted a channel\n\nafs_make_call() calls rxrpc_kernel_begin_call() to begin a call (which may\nget stalled in the background waiting for a connection to become\navailable); it then calls rxrpc_kernel_set_max_life() to set the timeouts -\nbut that starts the call timer so the call timer might then expire before\nwe get a connection assigned - leading to the following oops if the call\nstalled:\n\n\tBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n\t...\n\tCPU: 1 PID: 5111 Comm: krxrpcio/0 Not tainted 6.3.0-rc7-build3+ #701\n\tRIP: 0010:rxrpc_alloc_txbuf+0xc0/0x157\n\t...\n\tCall Trace:\n\t <TASK>\n\t rxrpc_send_ACK+0x50/0x13b\n\t rxrpc_input_call_event+0x16a/0x67d\n\t rxrpc_io_thread+0x1b6/0x45f\n\t ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x1f/0x35\n\t ? rxrpc_input_packet+0x519/0x519\n\t kthread+0xe7/0xef\n\t ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x1b/0x1b\n\t ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30\n\nFix this by noting the timeouts in struct rxrpc_call when the call is\ncreated.  The timer will be started when the first packet is transmitted.\n\nIt shouldn't be possible to trigger this directly from userspace through\nAF_RXRPC as sendmsg() will return EBUSY if the call is in the\nwaiting-for-conn state if it dropped out of the wait due to a signal.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72f4a9f3f447948cf86dffe1c4a4c8a429ab9666","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92128a7170a220b5126d09a1c1954a3a8d46cef3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db099c625b13a74d462521a46d98a8ce5b53af5d"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-28T19:37:43.506563291+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-54195","score":0.00197,"percentile":0.09426,"date":"2026-10-28"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}