Vulnerability · Published Dec 24, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-54096soundwire: fix enumeration completion

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soundwire: fix enumeration completion The soundwire subsystem uses two completion structures that allow drivers to wait for soundwire device to become enumerated on the bus and initialised by their drivers, respectively. The code implementing the signalling is currently broken as it does not signal all current and future waiters and also uses the wrong reinitialisation function, which can potentially lead to memory corruption if there are still waiters on the queue. Not signalling future waiters specifically breaks sound card probe deferrals as codec drivers can not tell that the soundwire device is already attached when being reprobed. Some codec runtime PM implementations suffer from similar problems as waiting for enumeration during resume can also timeout despite the device already having been enumerated.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.52-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54096
Debian:13linux6.4.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54096
Debian:14linux6.4.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-88.98UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1049.54UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1051.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1051.59.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1046.54UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1046.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1032.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1042.45UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1045.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1046.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-88.98UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1040.40UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1019.19UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1047.53UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1042.45UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1025.29UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54096

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux fb9469e54fa7a7b6a8137c40ae66c41b8d0ab175 – before 48d1d0ce0782f995fda678508fdae35c5e9593f0fb9469e54fa7a7b6a8137c40ae66c41b8d0ab175 – before a36b522767f3a72688893a472e80c9aa03e67edafb9469e54fa7a7b6a8137c40ae66c41b8d0ab175 – before e1d54962a63b6ec04ed0204a3ecca942fde3a6fefb9469e54fa7a7b6a8137c40ae66c41b8d0ab175 – before c5265691cd065464d795de5666dcfb89c26b9bc1fb9469e54fa7a7b6a8137c40ae66c41b8d0ab175 – before c40d6b3249b11d60e09d81530588f56233d9aa44
Linux Linux 5.7

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