CVE-2023-53550
- Published: 2025-10-04T16:15:50.260
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cpufreq: amd-pstate: fix global sysfs attribute type
In commit 3666062b87ec (“cpufreq: amd-pstate: move to use bus_get_dev_root()”)
the “amd_pstate” attributes where moved from a dedicated kobject to the
cpu root kobject.
While the dedicated kobject expects to contain kobj_attributes the root
kobject needs device_attributes.
As the changed arguments are not used by the callbacks it works most of
the time.
However CFI will detect this issue:
[ 4947.849350] CFI failure at dev_attr_show+0x24/0x60 (target: show_status+0x0/0x70; expected type: 0x8651b1de)
…
[ 4947.849409] Call Trace:
[ 4947.849410]
[ 4947.849411] ? __warn+0xcf/0x1c0
[ 4947.849414] ? dev_attr_show+0x24/0x60
[ 4947.849415] ? report_cfi_failure+0x4e/0x60
[ 4947.849417] ? handle_cfi_failure+0x14c/0x1d0
[ 4947.849419] ? __cfi_show_status+0x10/0x10
[ 4947.849420] ? handle_bug+0x4f/0x90
[ 4947.849421] ? exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x60
[ 4947.849422] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
[ 4947.849424] ? __cfi_show_status+0x10/0x10
[ 4947.849425] ? dev_attr_show+0x24/0x60
[ 4947.849426] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xa6/0x110
[ 4947.849433] seq_read_iter+0x16c/0x4b0
[ 4947.849436] vfs_read+0x272/0x2d0
[ 4947.849438] ksys_read+0x72/0xe0
[ 4947.849439] do_syscall_64+0x76/0xb0
[ 4947.849440] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x252/0x650
[ 4947.849442] ? exc_page_fault+0x7a/0x1b0
[ 4947.849443] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
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How to fix CVE-2023-53550
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: amd-pstate: fix global sysfs attribute type In commit 3666062b87ec (“cpufreq: amd-pstate: move to use bus_get_dev_root()”) the “amd_pstate” attributes where moved from a dedicated kobject to the cpu root kobject. While the dedicated kobject expects to contain kobj_attributes the root kobject needs device_attributes. As the […]
Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public
How to Fix:
- Check if you're running the affected product
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
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