CVE-2023-53636

Summary

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

clk: microchip: fix potential UAF in auxdev release callback

Similar to commit 1c11289b34ab ("peci: cpu: Fix use-after-free in adev_release()"), the auxiliary device is not torn down in the correct order. If auxiliary_device_add() fails, the release callback will be called twice, resulting in a UAF. Due to timing, the auxdev code in this driver "took inspiration" from the aforementioned commit, and thus its bugs too!

Moving auxiliary_device_uninit() to the unregister callback instead avoids the issue.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxb56bae2dd6fda6baf3bb74af3812676eebdd52f2 < 5b4052aa956e11bcd19e50ca559eb38dcb46201baffected
LinuxLinuxb56bae2dd6fda6baf3bb74af3812676eebdd52f2 < d7d6dacf39ed102d7667721ca1700022c9c8b11aaffected
LinuxLinuxb56bae2dd6fda6baf3bb74af3812676eebdd52f2 < 934406b2d42eaf3fc57f5546cc68ff7ab9680bb3affected
LinuxLinuxb56bae2dd6fda6baf3bb74af3812676eebdd52f2 < 7455b7007b9e93bcc2bc9c1c6c73a228e3152069affected
LinuxLinux6.1affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.1unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.28 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.2.15 <= 6.2.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.3.2 <= 6.3.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.4 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

References