CVE-2023-53515
Published: Oct 1, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-mmio: don't break lifecycle of vm_dev vm_dev has a separate lifecycle because it has a 'struct device' embedded. Thus, having a release callback for it is correct. Allocating the vm_dev struct with devres totally breaks this protection, though. Instead of waiting for the vm_dev release callback, the memory is freed when the platform_device is removed. Resulting in a use-after-free when finally the callback is to be called. To easily see the problem, compile the kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE and unbind with sysfs. The fix is easy, don't use devres in this case. Found during my research about object lifetime problems.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 7eb781b1bbb7136fe78fb8c28c1c223c61fa32b5 - < 97a2d55ead76358245b446efd87818e919196d7aaffected 7eb781b1bbb7136fe78fb8c28c1c223c61fa32b5 - < b788ad3b2468512339c05f23692e36860264e674affected 7eb781b1bbb7136fe78fb8c28c1c223c61fa32b5 - < 3ff54d904fafabd0912796785e53cce4e69ca123affected 7eb781b1bbb7136fe78fb8c28c1c223c61fa32b5 - < 5b7d5c2dd664eb8b9a06ecbc06e28d39359c422eaffected 7eb781b1bbb7136fe78fb8c28c1c223c61fa32b5 - < af5818c35173e096085c6ae2e3aac605d3d15e41+2 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.15unaffected 0 - < 4.15unaffected 4.19.293 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.255 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.192 - <= 5.10.*+4 more versions |
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