# CVE-2023-53036: drm/amdgpu: Fix call trace warning and hang when removing amdgpu device

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-02 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.18

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: Fix call trace warning and hang when removing amdgpu device On GPUs with RAS enabled, below call trace and hang are observed when shutting down device. v2: use DRM device unplugged flag instead of shutdown flag as the check to prevent memory wipe in shutdown stage. [ +0.000000] RIP: 0010:amdgpu_vram_mgr_fini+0x18d/0x1c0 [amdgpu] [ +0.000001] PKRU: 55555554 [ +0.000001] Call Trace: [ +0.000001] <TASK> [ +0.000002] amdgpu_ttm_fini+0x140/0x1c0 [amdgpu] [ +0.000183] amdgpu_bo_fini+0x27/0xa0 [amdgpu] [ +0.000184] gmc_v11_0_sw_fini+0x2b/0x40 [amdgpu] [ +0.000163] amdgpu_device_fini_sw+0xb6/0x510 [amdgpu] [ +0.000152] amdgpu_driver_release_kms+0x16/0x30 [amdgpu] [ +0.000090] drm_dev_release+0x28/0x50 [drm] [ +0.000016] devm_drm_dev_init_release+0x38/0x60 [drm] [ +0.000011] devm_action_release+0x15/0x20 [ +0.000003] release_nodes+0x40/0xc0 [ +0.000001] devres_release_all+0x9e/0xe0 [ +0.000001] device_unbind_cleanup+0x12/0x80 [ +0.000003] device_release_driver_internal+0xff/0x160 [ +0.000001] driver_detach+0x4a/0x90 [ +0.000001] bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xf0 [ +0.000001] driver_unregister+0x31/0x50 [ +0.000001] pci_unregister_driver+0x40/0x90 [ +0.000003] amdgpu_exit+0x15/0x120 [amdgpu]

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f06b902511ea05526f405ee64da54a8313d91831
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a02dae3bbfe2df8e1c81e61a08695709e9588f9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93bb18d2a873d2fa9625c8ea927723660a868b95

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