CVE-2023-52468

class: fix use-after-free in class_register()

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 25, 2024 at 08:16 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:42 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: class: fix use-after-free in class_register() The lock_class_key is still registered and can be found in lock_keys_hash hlist after subsys_private is freed in error handler path.A task who iterate over the lock_keys_hash later may cause use-after-free.So fix that up and unregister the lock_class_key before kfree(cp). On our platform, a driver fails to kset_register because of creating duplicate filename '/class/xxx'.With Kasan enabled, it prints a invalid-access bug report. KASAN bug report: BUG: KASAN: invalid-access in lockdep_register_key+0x19c/0x1bc Write of size 8 at addr 15ffff808b8c0368 by task modprobe/252 Pointer tag: [15], memory tag: [fe] CPU: 7 PID: 252 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G W 6.6.0-mainline-maybe-dirty #1 Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x1b0/0x1e4 show_stack+0x2c/0x40 dump_stack_lvl+0xac/0xe0 print_report+0x18c/0x4d8 kasan_report+0xe8/0x148 __hwasan_store8_noabort+0x88/0x98 lockdep_register_key+0x19c/0x1bc class_register+0x94/0x1ec init_module+0xbc/0xf48 [rfkill] do_one_initcall+0x17c/0x72c do_init_module+0x19c/0x3f8 ... Memory state around the buggy address: ffffff808b8c0100: 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a ffffff808b8c0200: 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe >ffffff808b8c0300: fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe ^ ffffff808b8c0400: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 As CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC is not set, Kasan reports invalid-access not use-after-free here.In this case, modprobe is manipulating the corrupted lock_keys_hash hlish where lock_class_key is already freed before. It's worth noting that this only can happen if lockdep is enabled, which is not true for normal system.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.4 ≤ v < 6.6.146.4 ≤ v < 6.7.26.4 ≤ v < 6.86.4.0 ≤ v < 6.6.146.7.0 ≤ v < 6.7.26.4dcfbb67e48a2becfce7990386e985b9c45098ee5
Vendor states this is fixed in 0f1486dafca3398c4c46b9f6e6452fa27e73b559 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 93ec4a3b76404bce01bd5c9032bef5df6feb1d62 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b57196a5ec5e4c0ffecde8348b085b778c7dce04 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f1486dafca3398c4c46b9f6e6452fa27e73b559
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93ec4a3b76404bce01bd5c9032bef5df6feb1d62
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b57196a5ec5e4c0ffecde8348b085b778c7dce04

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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