FKIE_CVE-2023-54309

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-30 13:16 - Updated: 2025-12-30 13:16
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tpm: tpm_vtpm_proxy: fix a race condition in /dev/vtpmx creation /dev/vtpmx is made visible before 'workqueue' is initialized, which can lead to a memory corruption in the worst case scenario. Address this by initializing 'workqueue' as the very first step of the driver initialization.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04e8697d26613ccea760cf57eb20a5a27f788c0f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/092db954e2c3c5ba6c0ce990c7da72cf8f3b9c51
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/509d21f1c4bb9d35d397fca3226165b156a7639f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86b9820395f226b8f33cbae9599deebf8af1ce72
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99b998fb9d7d2d2d9dbb3e19db2d0ade02f5a604
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ff7fcb3a2ed0e9b895bb5b4c13872d584a8815b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e08295290c53a3cf174c236721747a01b9550ae2
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4032d615f90970d6c3ac1d9c0bce3351eb4445c
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  "descriptions": [
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntpm: tpm_vtpm_proxy: fix a race condition in /dev/vtpmx creation\n\n/dev/vtpmx is made visible before \u0027workqueue\u0027 is initialized, which can\nlead to a memory corruption in the worst case scenario.\n\nAddress this by initializing \u0027workqueue\u0027 as the very first step of the\ndriver initialization."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-54309",
  "lastModified": "2025-12-30T13:16:20.083",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-12-30T13:16:20.083",
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