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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2023-54241"
idYear: 2023
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-12-30T12:11:29.726Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T19:58:10.970Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-54241"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-54241.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54241"
title: "MIPS: KVM: Fix NULL pointer dereference"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nMIPS: KVM: Fix NULL pointer dereference\n\nAfter commit 45c7e8af4a5e3f0bea4ac209 (\"MIPS: Remove KVM_TE support\") we\nget a NULL pointer dereference when creating a KVM guest:\n\n[  146.243409] Starting KVM with MIPS VZ extensions\n[  149.849151] CPU 3 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000000300, epc == ffffffffc06356ec, ra == ffffffffc063568c\n[  149.849177] Oops[#1]:\n[  149.849182] CPU: 3 PID: 2265 Comm: qemu-system-mip Not tainted 6.4.0-rc3+ #1671\n[  149.849188] Hardware name: THTF CX TL630 Series/THTF-LS3A4000-7A1000-ML4A, BIOS KL4.1F.TF.D.166.201225.R 12/25/2020\n[  149.849192] $ 0   : 0000000000000000 000000007400cce0 0000000000400004 ffffffff8119c740\n[  149.849209] $ 4   : 000000007400cce1 000000007400cce1 0000000000000000 0000000000000000\n[  149.849221] $ 8   : 000000240058bb36 ffffffff81421ac0 0000000000000000 0000000000400dc0\n[  149.849233] $12   : 9800000102a07cc8 ffffffff80e40e38 0000000000000001 0000000000400dc0\n[  149.849245] $16   : 0000000000000000 9800000106cd0000 9800000106cd0000 9800000100cce000\n[  149.849257] $20   : ffffffffc0632b28 ffffffffc05b31b0 9800000100ccca00 0000000000400000\n[  149.849269] $24   : 9800000106cd09ce ffffffff802f69d0\n[  149.849281] $28   : 9800000102a04000 9800000102a07cd0 98000001106a8000 ffffffffc063568c\n[  149.849293] Hi    : 00000335b2111e66\n[  149.849295] Lo    : 6668d90061ae0ae9\n[  149.849298] epc   : ffffffffc06356ec kvm_vz_vcpu_setup+0xc4/0x328 [kvm]\n[  149.849324] ra    : ffffffffc063568c kvm_vz_vcpu_setup+0x64/0x328 [kvm]\n[  149.849336] Status: 7400cce3 KX SX UX KERNEL EXL IE\n[  149.849351] Cause : 1000000c (ExcCode 03)\n[  149.849354] BadVA : 0000000000000300\n[  149.849357] PrId  : 0014c004 (ICT Loongson-3)\n[  149.849360] Modules linked in: kvm nfnetlink_queue nfnetlink_log nfnetlink fuse sha256_generic libsha256 cfg80211 rfkill binfmt_misc vfat fat snd_hda_codec_hdmi input_leds led_class snd_hda_intel snd_intel_dspcfg snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_pcm snd_timer snd serio_raw xhci_pci radeon drm_suballoc_helper drm_display_helper xhci_hcd ip_tables x_tables\n[  149.849432] Process qemu-system-mip (pid: 2265, threadinfo=00000000ae2982d2, task=0000000038e09ad4, tls=000000ffeba16030)\n[  149.849439] Stack : 9800000000000003 9800000100ccca00 9800000100ccc000 ffffffffc062cef4\n[  149.849453]         9800000102a07d18 c89b63a7ab338e00 0000000000000000 ffffffff811a0000\n[  149.849465]         0000000000000000 9800000106cd0000 ffffffff80e59938 98000001106a8920\n[  149.849476]         ffffffff80e57f30 ffffffffc062854c ffffffff811a0000 9800000102bf4240\n[  149.849488]         ffffffffc05b0000 ffffffff80e3a798 000000ff78000000 000000ff78000010\n[  149.849500]         0000000000000255 98000001021f7de0 98000001023f0078 ffffffff81434000\n[  149.849511]         0000000000000000 0000000000000000 9800000102ae0000 980000025e92ae28\n[  149.849523]         0000000000000000 c89b63a7ab338e00 0000000000000001 ffffffff8119dce0\n[  149.849535]         000000ff78000010 ffffffff804f3d3c 9800000102a07eb0 0000000000000255\n[  149.849546]         0000000000000000 ffffffff8049460c 000000ff78000010 0000000000000255\n[  149.849558]         ...\n[  149.849565] Call Trace:\n[  149.849567] [\u003cffffffffc06356ec\u003e] kvm_vz_vcpu_setup+0xc4/0x328 [kvm]\n[  149.849586] [\u003cffffffffc062cef4\u003e] kvm_arch_vcpu_create+0x184/0x228 [kvm]\n[  149.849605] [\u003cffffffffc062854c\u003e] kvm_vm_ioctl+0x64c/0xf28 [kvm]\n[  149.849623] [\u003cffffffff805209c0\u003e] sys_ioctl+0xc8/0x118\n[  149.849631] [\u003cffffffff80219eb0\u003e] syscall_common+0x34/0x58\n\nThe root cause is the deletion of kvm_mips_commpage_init() leaves vcpu\n-\u003earch.cop0 NULL. So fix it by making cop0 from a pointer to an embedded\nobject."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"45c7e8af4a5e3f0bea4ac209eea34118dd57ac64","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cd517f9a9d07d41f4f3593b1da3982261e09d162"},{"version":"45c7e8af4a5e3f0bea4ac209eea34118dd57ac64","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"bd9cf2a5f9e1b2229ad22f21de6f6ad1a9c8858e"},{"version":"45c7e8af4a5e3f0bea4ac209eea34118dd57ac64","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6b9fb255d53759e3ea9b30067cb55091df1caf06"},{"version":"45c7e8af4a5e3f0bea4ac209eea34118dd57ac64","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e4de2057698636c0ee709e545d19b169d2069fa3"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.13","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.13"},{"version":"5.15.121","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.40","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.4.5","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.4.*"},{"version":"6.5","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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