CVE-2023-53640

ASoC: lpass: Fix for KASAN use_after_free out of bounds

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 7, 2025 at 03:19 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: lpass: Fix for KASAN use_after_free out of bounds When we run syzkaller we get below Out of Bounds error. "KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in regcache_flat_read" Below is the backtrace of the issue: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in regcache_flat_read+0x10c/0x110 Read of size 4 at addr ffffff8088fbf714 by task syz-executor.4/14144 CPU: 6 PID: 14144 Comm: syz-executor.4 Tainted: G W Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. sc7280 CRD platform (rev5+) (DT) Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x4ec show_stack+0x34/0x50 dump_stack_lvl+0xdc/0x11c print_address_description+0x30/0x2d8 kasan_report+0x178/0x1e4 __asan_report_load4_noabort+0x44/0x50 regcache_flat_read+0x10c/0x110 regcache_read+0xf8/0x5a0 _regmap_read+0x45c/0x86c _regmap_update_bits+0x128/0x290 regmap_update_bits_base+0xc0/0x15c snd_soc_component_update_bits+0xa8/0x22c snd_soc_component_write_field+0x68/0xd4 tx_macro_put_dec_enum+0x1d0/0x268 snd_ctl_elem_write+0x288/0x474 By Error checking and checking valid values issue gets rectifies.

Affected

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

5.12 ≤ v < 5.15.1145.12 ≤ v < 6.1.315.12 ≤ v < 6.3.55.12 ≤ v < 6.45.16 ≤ v < 6.1.316.2 ≤ v < 6.3.56.4 rc16.4 rc26.4 rc3c39667ddcfc516fee084e449179d54430a558298
Vendor states this is fixed in 75e5fab7db0cecb6e16b22c34608f0b40a4c7cd1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8d81d3b0ed3610d24191d24f8e9e20f6775f0cc5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8f1512d78b5de928f4616a871e77b58fd546e651 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f5e61e3fe799ba2fda4320af23d26d28c3302045 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.114 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.31 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4 (unaffected)

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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