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CVE-2023-53235 (GCVE-0-2023-53235)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-15 14:22 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:40

Title

drm/tests: helpers: Avoid a driver uaf

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/tests: helpers: Avoid a driver uaf when using __drm_kunit_helper_alloc_drm_device() the driver may be dereferenced by device-managed resources up until the device is freed, which is typically later than the kunit-managed resource code frees it. Fix this by simply make the driver device-managed as well. In short, the sequence leading to the UAF is as follows: INIT: Code allocates a struct device as a kunit-managed resource. Code allocates a drm driver as a kunit-managed resource. Code allocates a drm device as a device-managed resource. EXIT: Kunit resource cleanup frees the drm driver Kunit resource cleanup puts the struct device, which starts a device-managed resource cleanup device-managed cleanup calls drm_dev_put() drm_dev_put() dereferences the (now freed) drm driver -> Boom. Related KASAN message: [55272.551542] ================================================================== [55272.551551] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in drm_dev_put.part.0+0xd4/0xe0 [drm] [55272.551603] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888127502828 by task kunit_try_catch/10353 [55272.551612] CPU: 4 PID: 10353 Comm: kunit_try_catch Tainted: G U N 6.5.0-rc7+ #155 [55272.551620] Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/PRIME B560M-A AC, BIOS 0403 01/26/2021 [55272.551626] Call Trace: [55272.551629] <TASK> [55272.551633] dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x90 [55272.551639] print_report+0xcf/0x630 [55272.551645] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x5f/0x70 [55272.551652] ? drm_dev_put.part.0+0xd4/0xe0 [drm] [55272.551694] kasan_report+0xd7/0x110 [55272.551699] ? drm_dev_put.part.0+0xd4/0xe0 [drm] [55272.551742] drm_dev_put.part.0+0xd4/0xe0 [drm] [55272.551783] devres_release_all+0x15d/0x1f0 [55272.551790] ? __pfx_devres_release_all+0x10/0x10 [55272.551797] device_unbind_cleanup+0x16/0x1a0 [55272.551802] device_release_driver_internal+0x3e5/0x540 [55272.551808] ? kobject_put+0x5d/0x4b0 [55272.551814] bus_remove_device+0x1f1/0x3f0 [55272.551819] device_del+0x342/0x910 [55272.551826] ? __pfx_device_del+0x10/0x10 [55272.551830] ? lock_release+0x339/0x5e0 [55272.551836] ? kunit_remove_resource+0x128/0x290 [kunit] [55272.551845] ? __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10 [55272.551851] platform_device_del.part.0+0x1f/0x1e0 [55272.551856] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x30/0x60 [55272.551863] kunit_remove_resource+0x195/0x290 [kunit] [55272.551871] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x30/0x60 [55272.551877] kunit_cleanup+0x78/0x120 [kunit] [55272.551885] ? __kthread_parkme+0xc1/0x1f0 [55272.551891] ? __pfx_kunit_try_run_case_cleanup+0x10/0x10 [kunit] [55272.551900] ? __pfx_kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x10/0x10 [kunit] [55272.551909] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x4a/0x90 [kunit] [55272.551919] kthread+0x2e7/0x3c0 [55272.551924] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [55272.551929] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x70 [55272.551935] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [55272.551940] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 [55272.551948] </TASK> [55272.551953] Allocated by task 10351: [55272.551956] kasan_save_stack+0x1c/0x40 [55272.551962] kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 [55272.551966] __kasan_kmalloc+0x8b/0x90 [55272.551970] __kmalloc+0x5e/0x160 [55272.551976] kunit_kmalloc_array+0x1c/0x50 [kunit] [55272.551984] drm_exec_test_init+0xfa/0x2c0 [drm_exec_test] [55272.551991] kunit_try_run_case+0xdd/0x250 [kunit] [55272.551999] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x4a/0x90 [kunit] [55272.552008] kthread+0x2e7/0x3c0 [55272.552012] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x70 [55272.552017] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 [55272.552024] Freed by task 10353: [55272.552027] kasan_save_stack+0x1c/0x40 [55272.552032] kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 [55272.552036] kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40 [55272.552041] __kasan_slab_free+0x106/0x180 [55272.552046] slab_free_freelist_hook+0xb3/0x160 [55272.552051] __kmem_cache_free+0xb2/0x290 [55272.552056] kunit_remove_resource+0x195/0x290 [kunit] [55272.552064] kunit_cleanup+0x7 ---truncated---

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-14 17:56 UTC

CWE

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9d8be0e533738b74…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/139a27854bf5ce93f…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Linux	Linux	Affected: d98780310719bf4076d975c2ff65c44c7c0d929e , < c9d8be0e533738b744abb669263c4750d4830009 (git) Affected: d98780310719bf4076d975c2ff65c44c7c0d929e , < 139a27854bf5ce93ff9805f9f7683b88c13074dc (git)	guessed
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.3 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.3 (semver) Unaffected: 6.5.5 , ≤ 6.5.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)	guessed

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[kunit]\\n[55272.551845]  ? __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10\\n[55272.551851]  platform_device_del.part.0+0x1f/0x1e0\\n[55272.551856]  ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x30/0x60\\n[55272.551863]  kunit_remove_resource+0x195/0x290 [kunit]\\n[55272.551871]  ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x30/0x60\\n[55272.551877]  kunit_cleanup+0x78/0x120 [kunit]\\n[55272.551885]  ? __kthread_parkme+0xc1/0x1f0\\n[55272.551891]  ? __pfx_kunit_try_run_case_cleanup+0x10/0x10 [kunit]\\n[55272.551900]  ? __pfx_kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x10/0x10 [kunit]\\n[55272.551909]  kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x4a/0x90 [kunit]\\n[55272.551919]  kthread+0x2e7/0x3c0\\n[55272.551924]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\\n[55272.551929]  ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x70\\n[55272.551935]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\\n[55272.551940]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30\\n[55272.551948]  \u003c/TASK\u003e\\n\\n[55272.551953] Allocated by task 10351:\\n[55272.551956]  kasan_save_stack+0x1c/0x40\\n[55272.551962]  kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30\\n[55272.551966]  __kasan_kmalloc+0x8b/0x90\\n[55272.551970]  __kmalloc+0x5e/0x160\\n[55272.551976]  kunit_kmalloc_array+0x1c/0x50 [kunit]\\n[55272.551984]  drm_exec_test_init+0xfa/0x2c0 [drm_exec_test]\\n[55272.551991]  kunit_try_run_case+0xdd/0x250 [kunit]\\n[55272.551999]  kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x4a/0x90 [kunit]\\n[55272.552008]  kthread+0x2e7/0x3c0\\n[55272.552012]  ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x70\\n[55272.552017]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30\\n\\n[55272.552024] Freed by task 10353:\\n[55272.552027]  kasan_save_stack+0x1c/0x40\\n[55272.552032]  kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30\\n[55272.552036]  kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40\\n[55272.552041]  __kasan_slab_free+0x106/0x180\\n[55272.552046]  slab_free_freelist_hook+0xb3/0x160\\n[55272.552051]  __kmem_cache_free+0xb2/0x290\\n[55272.552056]  kunit_remove_resource+0x195/0x290 [kunit]\\n[55272.552064]  kunit_cleanup+0x7\\n---truncated---\"}],\"affected\":[{\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"affectedData\":[{\"vendor\":\"Linux\",\"product\":\"Linux\",\"defaultStatus\":\"unaffected\",\"programFiles\":[\"include/drm/drm_kunit_helpers.h\"],\"repo\":\"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\"versions\":[{\"version\":\"d98780310719bf4076d975c2ff65c44c7c0d929e\",\"lessThan\":\"c9d8be0e533738b744abb669263c4750d4830009\",\"versionType\":\"git\",\"status\":\"affected\"},{\"version\":\"d98780310719bf4076d975c2ff65c44c7c0d929e\",\"lessThan\":\"139a27854bf5ce93ff9805f9f7683b88c13074dc\",\"versionType\":\"git\",\"status\":\"affected\"}]},{\"vendor\":\"Linux\",\"product\":\"Linux\",\"defaultStatus\":\"affected\",\"programFiles\":[\"include/drm/drm_kunit_helpers.h\"],\"repo\":\"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\"versions\":[{\"version\":\"6.3\",\"status\":\"affected\"},{\"version\":\"0\",\"lessThan\":\"6.3\",\"versionType\":\"semver\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"},{\"version\":\"6.5.5\",\"lessThanOrEqual\":\"6.5.*\",\"versionType\":\"semver\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"},{\"version\":\"6.6\",\"lessThanOrEqual\":\"*\",\"versionType\":\"original_commit_for_fix\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"}]}]}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV31\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.1\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\",\"baseScore\":7.8,\"baseSeverity\":\"HIGH\",\"attackVector\":\"LOCAL\",\"attackComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"LOW\",\"userInteraction\":\"NONE\",\"scope\":\"UNCHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"integrityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"HIGH\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":1.8,\"impactScore\":5.9},{\"source\":\"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0\",\"type\":\"Secondary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.1\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\",\"baseScore\":7.8,\"baseSeverity\":\"HIGH\",\"attackVector\":\"LOCAL\",\"attackComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"LOW\",\"userInteraction\":\"NONE\",\"scope\":\"UNCHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"integrityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"HIGH\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":1.8,\"impactScore\":5.9}],\"ssvcV203\":[{\"source\":\"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0\",\"ssvcData\":{\"timestamp\":\"2026-01-14T17:56:14.212932Z\",\"id\":\"CVE-2023-53235\",\"options\":[{\"exploitation\":\"none\"},{\"automatable\":\"no\"},{\"technicalImpact\":\"total\"}],\"role\":\"CISA 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    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-06-29T22:14:05+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2023-53235",
      "id": "CVE-2023-53235",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "279",
      "product_status:known_affected": "70",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "118",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "kernel: drm/tests: helpers: Avoid a driver uaf",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-53235.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-09-12T23:56:54Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2023-53235",
      "id": "CVE-2023-53235",
      "initial_release_date": "2025-09-21T00:18:50Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "394",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "393",
      "product_status:recommended": "339",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2023-53235",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2023-53235.json",
      "version": "49"
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Fix this by simply make the driver device-managed as well.\\n\\nIn short, the sequence leading to the UAF is as follows:\\n\\nINIT:\\nCode allocates a struct device as a kunit-managed resource.\\nCode allocates a drm driver as a kunit-managed resource.\\nCode allocates a drm device as a device-managed resource.\\n\\nEXIT:\\nKunit resource cleanup frees the drm driver\\nKunit resource cleanup puts the struct device, which starts a\\n      device-managed resource cleanup\\ndevice-managed cleanup calls drm_dev_put()\\ndrm_dev_put() dereferences the (now freed) drm driver -\u003e Boom.\\n\\nRelated KASAN message:\\n[55272.551542] ==================================================================\\n[55272.551551] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in drm_dev_put.part.0+0xd4/0xe0 [drm]\\n[55272.551603] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888127502828 by task kunit_try_catch/10353\\n\\n[55272.551612] CPU: 4 PID: 10353 Comm: kunit_try_catch Tainted: G     U           N 6.5.0-rc7+ #155\\n[55272.551620] Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/PRIME B560M-A AC, BIOS 0403 01/26/2021\\n[55272.551626] Call Trace:\\n[55272.551629]  \u003cTASK\u003e\\n[55272.551633]  dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x90\\n[55272.551639]  print_report+0xcf/0x630\\n[55272.551645]  ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x5f/0x70\\n[55272.551652]  ? drm_dev_put.part.0+0xd4/0xe0 [drm]\\n[55272.551694]  kasan_report+0xd7/0x110\\n[55272.551699]  ? drm_dev_put.part.0+0xd4/0xe0 [drm]\\n[55272.551742]  drm_dev_put.part.0+0xd4/0xe0 [drm]\\n[55272.551783]  devres_release_all+0x15d/0x1f0\\n[55272.551790]  ? __pfx_devres_release_all+0x10/0x10\\n[55272.551797]  device_unbind_cleanup+0x16/0x1a0\\n[55272.551802]  device_release_driver_internal+0x3e5/0x540\\n[55272.551808]  ? kobject_put+0x5d/0x4b0\\n[55272.551814]  bus_remove_device+0x1f1/0x3f0\\n[55272.551819]  device_del+0x342/0x910\\n[55272.551826]  ? __pfx_device_del+0x10/0x10\\n[55272.551830]  ? lock_release+0x339/0x5e0\\n[55272.551836]  ? kunit_remove_resource+0x128/0x290 [kunit]\\n[55272.551845]  ? __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10\\n[55272.551851]  platform_device_del.part.0+0x1f/0x1e0\\n[55272.551856]  ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x30/0x60\\n[55272.551863]  kunit_remove_resource+0x195/0x290 [kunit]\\n[55272.551871]  ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x30/0x60\\n[55272.551877]  kunit_cleanup+0x78/0x120 [kunit]\\n[55272.551885]  ? __kthread_parkme+0xc1/0x1f0\\n[55272.551891]  ? __pfx_kunit_try_run_case_cleanup+0x10/0x10 [kunit]\\n[55272.551900]  ? __pfx_kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x10/0x10 [kunit]\\n[55272.551909]  kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x4a/0x90 [kunit]\\n[55272.551919]  kthread+0x2e7/0x3c0\\n[55272.551924]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\\n[55272.551929]  ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x70\\n[55272.551935]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\\n[55272.551940]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30\\n[55272.551948]  \u003c/TASK\u003e\\n\\n[55272.551953] Allocated by task 10351:\\n[55272.551956]  kasan_save_stack+0x1c/0x40\\n[55272.551962]  kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30\\n[55272.551966]  __kasan_kmalloc+0x8b/0x90\\n[55272.551970]  __kmalloc+0x5e/0x160\\n[55272.551976]  kunit_kmalloc_array+0x1c/0x50 [kunit]\\n[55272.551984]  drm_exec_test_init+0xfa/0x2c0 [drm_exec_test]\\n[55272.551991]  kunit_try_run_case+0xdd/0x250 [kunit]\\n[55272.551999]  kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x4a/0x90 [kunit]\\n[55272.552008]  kthread+0x2e7/0x3c0\\n[55272.552012]  ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x70\\n[55272.552017]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30\\n\\n[55272.552024] Freed by task 10353:\\n[55272.552027]  kasan_save_stack+0x1c/0x40\\n[55272.552032]  kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30\\n[55272.552036]  kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40\\n[55272.552041]  __kasan_slab_free+0x106/0x180\\n[55272.552046]  slab_free_freelist_hook+0xb3/0x160\\n[55272.552051]  __kmem_cache_free+0xb2/0x290\\n[55272.552056]  kunit_remove_resource+0x195/0x290 [kunit]\\n[55272.552064]  kunit_cleanup+0x7\\n---truncated---\"}], \"cpeApplicability\": [{\"nodes\": [{\"negate\": false, \"cpeMatch\": [{\"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"vulnerable\": true, \"versionEndExcluding\": \"6.5.5\", \"versionStartIncluding\": \"6.3\"}, {\"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"vulnerable\": true, \"versionEndExcluding\": \"6.6\", \"versionStartIncluding\": \"6.3\"}], \"operator\": \"OR\"}]}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\", \"shortName\": \"Linux\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2025-09-15T14:22:08.322Z\"}}}",
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    }
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}

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