CVE-2023-53816

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: fix potential kgd_mem UAFs kgd_mem pointers returned by kfd_process_device_translate_handle are only guaranteed to be valid while p->mutex is held. As soon as the mutex is unlocked, another thread can free the BO.

Root has patched CVE-2023-53816 in the linux package for Root:Debian:11. Multiple fixed versions available.

Root has patched CVE-2023-53816 in the linux package for Root:Ubuntu:22.04. Multiple fixed versions available.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: fix potential kgd_mem UAFs kgd_mem pointers returned by kfd_process_device_translate_handle are only guaranteed to be valid while p->mutex is held. As soon as the mutex is unlocked, another thread can free the BO.

• mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in hugetlb_handle_userfault {CVE-2022-50630}
• drm/amdkfd: fix potential kgd_mem UAFs {CVE-2023-53816}
• net/mlx5e: Fix deadlock in tc route query code {CVE-2023-53591}
• PCI: Fix pci_device_is_present() for VFs by checking PF {CVE-2022-50636}
• wifi: ath11k: fix monitor mode bringup crash {CVE-2022-50627}
• wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames {CVE-2023-53321}
• scsi: target: iscsi: Fix timeout on deleted connection {CVE-2025-38075}
• amdgpu: validate offset_in_bo of drm_amdgpu_gem_va {CVE-2023-53819}
• dmaengine: ptdma: check for null desc before calling pt_cmd_callback {CVE-2023-53755}
• wifi: mt7601u: fix an integer underflow {CVE-2023-53679}
• Bluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn {CVE-2023-53673}
• firmware: arm_scpi: Ensure scpi_info is not assigned if the probe fails {CVE-2022-50087}
• tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails {CVE-2025-40176}
• clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns {CVE-2025-38499}
• net: openvswitch: reject negative ifindex {CVE-2023-53843}
• drm/i915: Fix NULL ptr deref by checking new_crtc_state {CVE-2023-53833}
• iommu/amd: Improve page fault error reporting {CVE-2023-53789}
• media: v4l2-mem2mem: add lock to protect parameter num_rdy {CVE-2023-53519}
• Bluetooth: Fix potential use-after-free when clear keys {CVE-2023-53386}
• Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free {CVE-2023-53305}
• ext4: add bounds checking in get_max_inline_xattr_value_size() {CVE-2023-53285}
• ext4: fix use-after-free in ext4_orphan_cleanup {CVE-2022-50673}
• cacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map to handle shared caches at different levels {CVE-2023-53254}
• rxrpc: Make it so that a waiting process can be aborted {CVE-2023-53218}
• ip6_vti: fix slab-use-after-free in decode_session6 {CVE-2023-53821}
• vxlan: Fix nexthop hash size {CVE-2023-53192}
• wifi: mac80211: check S1G action frame size {CVE-2023-53257}
• wifi: rtlwifi: Fix global-out-of-bounds bug in _rtl8812ae_phy_set_txpower_limit() {CVE-2022-50279}
• dm flakey: fix a crash with invalid table line {CVE-2023-53786}
• md/raid10: fix null-ptr-deref in raid10_sync_request {CVE-2023-53832}
• md: don't dereference mddev after export_rdev() {CVE-2023-53665}
• md: fix 'delete_mutex' deadlock
• md: fix duplicate filename for rdev {CVE-2023-53665}
• kernfs: Fix UAF in polling when open file is released {CVE-2025-39881}
• mptcp: pm: avoid possible UaF when selecting endp {CVE-2024-44974}
• mptcp: fix UaF in listener shutdown {CVE-2023-53088}
• Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs {CVE-2025-39981}
• Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix set_local_name race condition
• Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible deadlocks {CVE-2024-53207}
• tcp: Clear tcp_sk(sk)->fastopen_rsk in tcp_disconnect(). {CVE-2025-40186}
• e1000e: fix heap overflow in e1000_set_eeprom {CVE-2025-39898}
• wifi: cfg80211: fix use-after-free in cmp_bss() {CVE-2025-39864}
• nfsd: handle get_client_locked() failure in nfsd4_setclientid_confirm() {CVE-2025-38724}
• usb: xhci: Apply the link chain quirk on NEC isoc endpoints {CVE-2025-22022}
• xfrm: xfrm_alloc_spi shouldn't use 0 as SPI {CVE-2025-39965}
• xfrm: Duplicate SPI Handling {CVE-2025-39797}
• nfsd: release svc_expkey/svc_export with rcu_work {CVE-2024-53216}
• NFS: Fix a race when updating an existing write {CVE-2025-39697}
• nfs: fold nfs_page_group_lock_subrequests into nfs_lock_and_join_requests
• drm/amd/display: Check dce_hwseq before dereferencing it {CVE-2025-38361}

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 RT kernel was updated to fix various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

• CVE-2022-50630: mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in hugetlb_handle_userfault (bsc#1254785).
• CVE-2022-50700: wifi: ath10k: Delay the unmapping of the buffer (bsc#1255576).
• CVE-2023-53254: cacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map to handle shared caches at different levels (bsc#1249871).
• CVE-2023-53781: smc: Fix use-after-free in tcp_write_timer_handler() (bsc#1254751).
• CVE-2024-56590: Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix not checking skb length on hci_acldata_packet (bsc#1235038).
• CVE-2025-39977: futex: Prevent use-after-free during requeue-PI (bsc#1252046).
• CVE-2025-40019: crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption (bsc#1252678).
• CVE-2025-40139: net: ipv4: Consolidate ipv4_mtu and ip_dst_mtu_maybe_forward (bsc#1253409).
• CVE-2025-40215: kABI: xfrm: delete x->tunnel as we delete x (bsc#1254959).
• CVE-2025-40220: fuse: fix livelock in synchronous file put from fuseblk workers (bsc#1254520).
• CVE-2025-40233: ocfs2: clear extent cache after moving/defragmenting extents (bsc#1254813).
• CVE-2025-40258: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (bsc#1254843).
• CVE-2025-40277: drm/vmwgfx: Validate command header size against (bsc#1254894).
• CVE-2025-40280: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self() (bsc#1254847).
• CVE-2025-40331: sctp: Prevent TOCTOU out-of-bounds write (bsc#1254615).
• CVE-2025-68732: gpu: host1x: Fix race in syncpt alloc/free (bsc#1255688).

The following non security issues were fixed:

• ACPI/IORT: Fix memory leak in iort_rmr_alloc_sids() (git-fixes).
• ACPI: PRM: Remove unnecessary strict handler address checks (git-fixes).
• ACPI: property: Do not pass NULL handles to acpi_attach_data() (git-fixes).
• ACPI: property: Fix buffer properties extraction for subnodes (git-fixes).
• KVM: SVM: Fix TSC_AUX virtualization setup (git-fixes).
• RDMA/cm: Rate limit destroy CM ID timeout error message (git-fixes).
• RDMA/counter: Check CAP_NET_RAW check in user namespace for RDMA counters (git-fixes).
• RDMA/hns: Fix the modification of max_send_sge (git-fixes).
• RDMA/mlx5: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for anchor create (git-fixes).
• RDMA/mlx5: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for devx create (git-fixes).
• RDMA/mlx5: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for flow create (git-fixes).
• RDMA/mlx5: Fix compilation warning when USER_ACCESS isn't set (git-fixes).
• RDMA/nldev: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for QP modify (git-fixes).
• RDMA/uverbs: Add empty rdma_uattrs_has_raw_cap() declaration (git-fixes).
• RDMA/uverbs: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for QP create (git-fixes).
• RDMA/uverbs: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for RAW QP create (git-fixes).
• RDMA/uverbs: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for flow create (git-fixes).
• arch/idle: Change arch_cpu_idle() behavior: always exit with IRQs disabled (git-fixes).
• cpuidle/poll: Ensure IRQs stay disabled after cpuidle_state::enter() calls (git-fixes).
• cpuidle: Move IRQ state validation (git-fixes).
• cpuidle: haltpoll: Do not enable interrupts when entering idle (git-fixes).
• dm: free table mempools if not used in __bind (git-fixes).
• padata: Honor the caller's alignment in case of chunk_size 0 (bsc#1237563).
• platform/x86/intel-uncore-freq: Fail module load when plat_info is NULL (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix RSB clearing in indirect_branch_prediction_barrier() (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Use SBPB in write_ibpb() if applicable (git-fixes).
• x86/paravirt: Move halt paravirt calls under CONFIG_PARAVIRT (git-fixes).
• x86/tdx: Drop flags from __tdx_hypercall() (git-fixes).
• x86/tdx: Dynamically disable SEPT violations from causing #VEs (git-fixes).
• x86/tdx: Emit warning if IRQs are enabled during HLT #VE handling (git-fixes).
• x86/tdx: Extend TDX_MODULE_CALL to support more TDCALL/SEAMCALL leafs (git-fixes).
• x86/tdx: Fix __noreturn build warning around __tdx_hypercall_failed()…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to fix various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

• CVE-2022-50630: mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in hugetlb_handle_userfault (bsc#1254785).
• CVE-2022-50700: wifi: ath10k: Delay the unmapping of the buffer (bsc#1255576).
• CVE-2023-53254: cacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map to handle shared caches at different levels (bsc#1249871).
• CVE-2023-53781: smc: Fix use-after-free in tcp_write_timer_handler() (bsc#1254751).
• CVE-2024-56590: Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix not checking skb length on hci_acldata_packet (bsc#1235038).
• CVE-2025-39977: futex: Prevent use-after-free during requeue-PI (bsc#1252046).
• CVE-2025-40019: crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption (bsc#1252678).
• CVE-2025-40139: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set() (bsc#1253409).
• CVE-2025-40215: kABI: xfrm: delete x->tunnel as we delete x (bsc#1254959).
• CVE-2025-40220: fuse: fix livelock in synchronous file put from fuseblk workers (bsc#1254520).
• CVE-2025-40233: ocfs2: clear extent cache after moving/defragmenting extents (bsc#1254813).
• CVE-2025-40258: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (bsc#1254843).
• CVE-2025-40277: drm/vmwgfx: Validate command header size against (bsc#1254894).
• CVE-2025-40280: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self() (bsc#1254847).
• CVE-2025-40331: sctp: Prevent TOCTOU out-of-bounds write (bsc#1254615).
• CVE-2025-68732: gpu: host1x: Fix race in syncpt alloc/free (bsc#1255688).

The following non security issues were fixed:

• ACPI/IORT: Fix memory leak in iort_rmr_alloc_sids() (git-fixes).
• ACPI: PRM: Remove unnecessary strict handler address checks (git-fixes).
• ACPI: property: Do not pass NULL handles to acpi_attach_data() (git-fixes).
• ACPI: property: Fix buffer properties extraction for subnodes (git-fixes).
• KVM: SVM: Fix TSC_AUX virtualization setup (git-fixes).
• RDMA/cm: Rate limit destroy CM ID timeout error message (git-fixes).
• RDMA/counter: Check CAP_NET_RAW check in user namespace for RDMA counters (git-fixes).
• RDMA/hns: Fix the modification of max_send_sge (git-fixes).
• RDMA/mlx5: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for anchor create (git-fixes).
• RDMA/mlx5: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for devx create (git-fixes).
• RDMA/mlx5: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for flow create (git-fixes).
• RDMA/mlx5: Fix compilation warning when USER_ACCESS isn't set (git-fixes).
• RDMA/nldev: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for QP modify (git-fixes).
• RDMA/uverbs: Add empty rdma_uattrs_has_raw_cap() declaration (git-fixes).
• RDMA/uverbs: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for QP create (git-fixes).
• RDMA/uverbs: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for RAW QP create (git-fixes).
• RDMA/uverbs: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for flow create (git-fixes).
• arch/idle: Change arch_cpu_idle() behavior: always exit with IRQs disabled (git-fixes).
• cpuidle/poll: Ensure IRQs stay disabled after cpuidle_state::enter() calls (git-fixes).
• cpuidle: Move IRQ state validation (git-fixes).
• cpuidle: haltpoll: Do not enable interrupts when entering idle (git-fixes).
• dm: free table mempools if not used in __bind (git-fixes).
• padata: Honor the caller's alignment in case of chunk_size 0 (bsc#1237563).
• platform/x86/intel-uncore-freq: Fail module load when plat_info is NULL (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix RSB clearing in indirect_branch_prediction_barrier() (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Use SBPB in write_ibpb() if applicable (git-fixes).
• x86/paravirt: Move halt paravirt calls under CONFIG_PARAVIRT (git-fixes).
• x86/tdx: Drop flags from __tdx_hypercall() (git-fixes).
• x86/tdx: Dynamically disable SEPT violations from causing #VEs (git-fixes).
• x86/tdx: Emit warning if IRQs are enabled during HLT #VE handling (git-fixes).
• x86/tdx: Extend TDX_MODULE_CALL to support more TDCALL/SEAMCALL leafs (git-fixes).
• x86/tdx: Fix __noreturn build warning around __tdx_hypercall_failed()…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2022-50453: gpiolib: cdev: fix NULL-pointer dereferences (bsc#1250887).
• CVE-2023-53794: cifs: fix session state check in reconnect to avoid use-after-free issue (bsc#1255163).
• CVE-2023-53802: wifi: ath9k: htc_hst: free skb in ath9k_htc_rx_msg() if there is no callback function (bsc#1254725).
• CVE-2023-53808: wifi: mwifiex: fix memory leak in mwifiex_histogram_read() (bsc#1254723).
• CVE-2023-53816: drm/amdkfd: fix potential kgd_mem UAFs (bsc#1254958).
• CVE-2023-53817: crypto: lib/mpi - avoid null pointer deref in mpi_cmp_ui() (bsc#1254992).
• CVE-2023-53827: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_disconnect_{req,rsp} (bsc#1255049).
• CVE-2023-54184: scsi: target: iscsit: Free cmds before session free (bsc#1255991).
• CVE-2025-21738: ata: libata-sff: Ensure that we cannot write outside the allocated buffer (bsc#1238917).
• CVE-2025-22083: vhost-scsi: Fix handling of multiple calls to vhost_scsi_set_endpoint (bsc#1241414).
• CVE-2025-22125: md/raid1,raid10: do not ignore IO flags (bsc#1241596).
• CVE-2025-39748: bpf: Forget ranges when refining tnum after JSET (bsc#1249587).
• CVE-2025-39817: efivarfs: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in efivarfs_d_compare (bsc#1249998).
• CVE-2025-39964: crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg (bsc#1251966).
• CVE-2025-39998: scsi: target: target_core_configfs: Add length check to avoid buffer overflow (bsc#1252073).
• CVE-2025-40099: cifs: parse_dfs_referrals: prevent oob on malformed input (bsc#1252911).
• CVE-2025-40103: smb: client: Fix refcount leak for cifs_sb_tlink (bsc#1252924).
• CVE-2025-40219: PCI/IOV: Add PCI rescan-remove locking when enabling/disabling SR-IOV (bsc#1254518).
• CVE-2025-40220: fuse: fix livelock in synchronous file put from fuseblk workers (bsc#1254520).
• CVE-2025-40242: gfs2: Fix unlikely race in gdlm_put_lock (bsc#1255075).
• CVE-2025-40342: nvme-fc: use lock accessing port_state and rport state (bsc#1255274).
• CVE-2025-68223: drm/radeon: delete radeon_fence_process in is_signaled, no deadlock (bsc#1255357).
• CVE-2025-68234: scsi: imm: Fix use-after-free bug caused by unfinished delayed work (bsc#1255416).
• CVE-2025-68283: libceph: replace BUG_ON with bounds check for map->max_osd (bsc#1255379).
• CVE-2025-68285: libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() (bsc#1255401).
• CVE-2025-68287: usb: dwc3: Fix race condition between concurrent dwc3_remove_requests() call paths (bsc#1255152).
• CVE-2025-68295: smb: client: fix memory leak in cifs_construct_tcon() (bsc#1255129).
• CVE-2025-68724: crypto: asymmetric_keys - prevent overflow in asymmetric_key_generate_id (bsc#1255550).
• CVE-2025-68818: scsi: qla2xxx: Perform lockless command completion in abort path (bsc#1256675).
• CVE-2025-71075: scsi: aic94xx: fix use-after-free in device removal path (bsc#1256629).
• CVE-2025-71104: KVM: x86: Fix VM hard lockup after prolonged inactivity with periodic HV timer (bsc#1256708).
• CVE-2025-71113: crypto: af_alg - zero initialize memory allocated via sock_kmalloc (bsc#1256716).
• CVE-2025-71116: libceph: make decode_pool() more resilient against corrupted osdmaps (bsc#1256744).
• CVE-2025-71131: crypto: seqiv - Do not use req->iv after crypto_aead_encrypt (bsc#1256742).
• CVE-2025-71183: btrfs: always detect conflicting inodes when logging inode refs (bsc#1257631).
• CVE-2025-71184: btrfs: fix NULL dereference on root when tracing inode eviction (bsc#1257635).
• CVE-2025-71194: btrfs: fix deadlock in wait_current_trans() due to ignored transaction type (bsc#1257687).
• CVE-2025-71224: wifi: mac80211: ocb: skip rx_no_sta when interface is not joined (bsc#1258824).
• CVE-2025-71236: scsi: qla2xxx: Validate sp before freeing associated memory (bsc#1258442).
• CVE-2026-22991: libceph: make free_choose_arg_map() resilient to partial allocation (bsc#1257220).
• CVE-2026-22998: nvme-tcp: fix NULL…