CVE-2023-53638
Published: Oct 7, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeon_ep: cancel queued works in probe error path If it fails to get the devices's MAC address, octep_probe exits while leaving the delayed work intr_poll_task queued. When the work later runs, it's a use after free. Move the cancelation of intr_poll_task from octep_remove into octep_device_cleanup. This does not change anything in the octep_remove flow, but octep_device_cleanup is called also in the octep_probe error path, where the cancelation is needed. Note that the cancelation of ctrl_mbox_task has to follow intr_poll_task's, because the ctrl_mbox_task may be queued by intr_poll_task.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 24d4333233b378114106a1327d3d635a004f4387 - < 62312e2f6466b5f0a120542a38b410d88a34ed00affected 24d4333233b378114106a1327d3d635a004f4387 - < 758c91078165ae641b698750a72eafe7968b3756 |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.4unaffected 0 - < 6.4unaffected 6.4.12 - <= 6.4.*unaffected 6.5 - <= * |
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