CVE-2023-53363

PCI: Fix use-after-free in pci_bus_release_domain_nr()

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2025 at 02:56 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:45 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: Fix use-after-free in pci_bus_release_domain_nr() Commit c14f7ccc9f5d ("PCI: Assign PCI domain IDs by ida_alloc()") introduced a use-after-free bug in the bus removal cleanup. The issue was found with kfence: [ 19.293351] BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free read in pci_bus_release_domain_nr+0x10/0x70 [ 19.302817] Use-after-free read at 0x000000007f3b80eb (in kfence-#115): [ 19.309677] pci_bus_release_domain_nr+0x10/0x70 [ 19.309691] dw_pcie_host_deinit+0x28/0x78 [ 19.309702] tegra_pcie_deinit_controller+0x1c/0x38 [pcie_tegra194] [ 19.309734] tegra_pcie_dw_probe+0x648/0xb28 [pcie_tegra194] [ 19.309752] platform_probe+0x90/0xd8 ... [ 19.311457] kfence-#115: 0x00000000063a155a-0x00000000ba698da8, size=1072, cache=kmalloc-2k [ 19.311469] allocated by task 96 on cpu 10 at 19.279323s: [ 19.311562] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x260/0x278 [ 19.311571] kmalloc_trace+0x24/0x30 [ 19.311580] pci_alloc_bus+0x24/0xa0 [ 19.311590] pci_register_host_bridge+0x48/0x4b8 [ 19.311601] pci_scan_root_bus_bridge+0xc0/0xe8 [ 19.311613] pci_host_probe+0x18/0xc0 [ 19.311623] dw_pcie_host_init+0x2c0/0x568 [ 19.311630] tegra_pcie_dw_probe+0x610/0xb28 [pcie_tegra194] [ 19.311647] platform_probe+0x90/0xd8 ... [ 19.311782] freed by task 96 on cpu 10 at 19.285833s: [ 19.311799] release_pcibus_dev+0x30/0x40 [ 19.311808] device_release+0x30/0x90 [ 19.311814] kobject_put+0xa8/0x120 [ 19.311832] device_unregister+0x20/0x30 [ 19.311839] pci_remove_bus+0x78/0x88 [ 19.311850] pci_remove_root_bus+0x5c/0x98 [ 19.311860] dw_pcie_host_deinit+0x28/0x78 [ 19.311866] tegra_pcie_deinit_controller+0x1c/0x38 [pcie_tegra194] [ 19.311883] tegra_pcie_dw_probe+0x648/0xb28 [pcie_tegra194] [ 19.311900] platform_probe+0x90/0xd8 ... [ 19.313579] CPU: 10 PID: 96 Comm: kworker/u24:2 Not tainted 6.2.0 #4 [ 19.320171] Hardware name: /, BIOS 1.0-d7fb19b 08/10/2022 [ 19.325852] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func The stack trace is a bit misleading as dw_pcie_host_deinit() doesn't directly call pci_bus_release_domain_nr(). The issue turns out to be in pci_remove_root_bus() which first calls pci_remove_bus() which frees the struct pci_bus when its struct device is released. Then pci_bus_release_domain_nr() is called and accesses the freed struct pci_bus. Reordering these fixes the issue.

Affected

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

6.2 ≤ v < 6.2.126.2 ≤ v < 6.36.26.3 rc16.3 rc26.3 rc36.3 rc46.3 rc56.3 rc6c14f7ccc9f5dcf9d06ddeec706f85405b2c80600db273126bf548a2dc611372e8f6a817b2b16b563ead4d69b3ef047b0f670511d81e9ced7ac876b44f8b6bd6c04d4dfc4c200e6fa306e61e3b42ec5fc
Vendor states this is fixed in 07a75c0050e59c50f038cc5f4e2a3258c8f8c9d0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 30ba2d09edb5ea857a1473ae3d820911347ada62 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 52b0343c7d628f37b38e3279ba585526b850ad3b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ad367516b1c09317111255ecfbf5e42c33e31918 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fbf45385e3419b8698b5e0a434847072375cfec2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

7.8HIGHCISA-ADP
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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