NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-debug-devel-matched package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNELDEBUGDEVELMATCHED-14641187
  • published25 Dec 2025
  • disclosed24 Dec 2025

Introduced: 24 Dec 2025

CVE-2023-54028  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 kernel-debug-devel-matched to version 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel-matched package and not the kernel-debug-devel-matched package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/rxe: Fix the error "trying to register non-static key in rxe_cleanup_task"

In the function rxe_create_qp(), rxe_qp_from_init() is called to initialize qp, internally things like rxe_init_task are not setup until rxe_qp_init_req().

If an error occurred before this point then the unwind will call rxe_cleanup() and eventually to rxe_qp_do_cleanup()/rxe_cleanup_task() which will oops when trying to access the uninitialized spinlock.

If rxe_init_task is not executed, rxe_cleanup_task will not be called.

CVSS Base Scores

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