SB2025091974 - Use-after-free in Linux kernel scsi mpi3mr driver

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53376)

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the mpi3mr_issue_and_process_mur(), mpi3mr_revalidate_factsdata(), mpi3mr_alloc_reply_sense_bufs(), mpi3mr_alloc_chain_bufs(), mpi3mr_memset_buffers(), mpi3mr_free_mem() and mpi3mr_soft_reset_handler() functions in drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/339e61565f81a6534afdc18fd854b2e2628bf5db
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a675a6d57d31da43d8da576465c1cd5d5b0bd3d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ac713d2e9845e9234bb12ae5903040685d5aff9
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.5