CVE-2023-52439

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52439
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-52439.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-52439
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-02-20T21:15:08Z
Modified
2025-07-29T11:03:54.405097Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

uio: Fix use-after-free in uio_open

core-1 core-2

uiounregisterdevice uioopen idev = idrfind() deviceunregister(&idev->dev) putdevice(&idev->dev) uiodevicerelease getdevice(&idev->dev) kfree(idev) uiofreeminor(minor) uiorelease put_device(&idev->dev)

kfree(idev)

In the core-1 uiounregisterdevice(), the deviceunregister will kfree idev when the idev->dev kobject ref is 1. But after core-1 deviceunregister, putdevice and before doing kfree, the core-2 may getdevice. Then: 1. After core-1 kfree idev, the core-2 will do use-after-free for idev. 2. When core-2 do uiorelease and putdevice, the idev will be double freed.

To address this issue, we can get idev atomic & inc idev reference with minor_lock.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.10.209-1

Affected versions

5.*

5.10.46-4
5.10.46-5
5.10.70-1~bpo10+1
5.10.70-1
5.10.84-1
5.10.92-1~bpo10+1
5.10.92-1
5.10.92-2
5.10.103-1~bpo10+1
5.10.103-1
5.10.106-1
5.10.113-1
5.10.120-1~bpo10+1
5.10.120-1
5.10.127-1
5.10.127-2~bpo10+1
5.10.127-2
5.10.136-1
5.10.140-1
5.10.148-1
5.10.149-1
5.10.149-2
5.10.158-1
5.10.158-2
5.10.162-1
5.10.178-1
5.10.178-2
5.10.178-3
5.10.179-1
5.10.179-2
5.10.179-3
5.10.179-4
5.10.179-5
5.10.191-1
5.10.197-1
5.10.205-1
5.10.205-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.76-1

Affected versions

6.*

6.1.27-1
6.1.37-1
6.1.38-1
6.1.38-2~bpo11+1
6.1.38-2
6.1.38-3
6.1.38-4~bpo11+1
6.1.38-4
6.1.52-1
6.1.55-1~bpo11+1
6.1.55-1
6.1.64-1
6.1.66-1
6.1.67-1
6.1.69-1~bpo11+1
6.1.69-1
6.1.76-1~bpo11+1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.13-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}