Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53082

 

Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53082

Published: May 4, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU108434
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53082
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the vp_vdpa_remove() function in drivers/vdpa/virtio_pci/vp_vdpa.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_27-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
kernel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-source
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt
kernel-rt_debug
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-livepatch-devel

How to mitigate CVE-2023-53082

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.2.8
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.7.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default - update to 1-150500.11.7.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_27-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.7.1
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-267.0.0.169, 5.10.0-267.0.0.170
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-267.0.0.169, 5.10.0-267.0.0.170
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-267.0.0.169, 5.10.0-267.0.0.170
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-267.0.0.169, 5.10.0-267.0.0.170
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-267.0.0.169, 5.10.0-267.0.0.170
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-267.0.0.169, 5.10.0-267.0.0.170
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-267.0.0.169, 5.10.0-267.0.0.170
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-267.0.0.169, 5.10.0-267.0.0.170
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-267.0.0.169, 5.10.0-267.0.0.170
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-267.0.0.169, 5.10.0-267.0.0.170
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-267.0.0.169, 5.10.0-267.0.0.170
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-267.0.0.169, 5.10.0-267.0.0.170
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-267.0.0.169, 5.10.0-267.0.0.170
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-267.0.0.170
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-267.0.0.170
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

External References

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