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GHSA-GC92-CFVX-57QJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-30 15:30 – Updated: 2025-12-30 15:30

Details

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.

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CVE-2023-54309 (GCVE-0-2023-54309)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-30 12:23 – Updated: 2025-12-30 12:23

Title

tpm: tpm_vtpm_proxy: fix a race condition in /dev/vtpmx creation

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.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

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	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/509d21f1c4bb9d35d…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04e8697d26613ccea…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86b9820395f226b8f…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ff7fcb3a2ed0e9b8…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e08295290c53a3cf1…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99b998fb9d7d2d2d9…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/092db954e2c3c5ba6…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4032d615f90970d6…

Impacted products

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Linux

Affected: 6f99612e250041a2402d3b1694bccb149cd424a4 , < 509d21f1c4bb9d35d397fca3226165b156a7639f (git)
Affected: 6f99612e250041a2402d3b1694bccb149cd424a4 , < 04e8697d26613ccea760cf57eb20a5a27f788c0f (git)
Affected: 6f99612e250041a2402d3b1694bccb149cd424a4 , < 86b9820395f226b8f33cbae9599deebf8af1ce72 (git)
Affected: 6f99612e250041a2402d3b1694bccb149cd424a4 , < 9ff7fcb3a2ed0e9b895bb5b4c13872d584a8815b (git)
Affected: 6f99612e250041a2402d3b1694bccb149cd424a4 , < e08295290c53a3cf174c236721747a01b9550ae2 (git)
Affected: 6f99612e250041a2402d3b1694bccb149cd424a4 , < 99b998fb9d7d2d2d9dbb3e19db2d0ade02f5a604 (git)
Affected: 6f99612e250041a2402d3b1694bccb149cd424a4 , < 092db954e2c3c5ba6c0ce990c7da72cf8f3b9c51 (git)
Affected: 6f99612e250041a2402d3b1694bccb149cd424a4 , < f4032d615f90970d6c3ac1d9c0bce3351eb4445c (git)

Linux

Affected: 4.8
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.8 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.14.322 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver)
Unaffected: 4.19.291 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.251 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.188 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.121 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.40 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.4.5 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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