Bug 2400734 (CVE-2023-53519)

Summary:	CVE-2023-53519 kernel: media: v4l2-mem2mem: add lock to protect parameter num_rdy
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-01 12:04:20 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: v4l2-mem2mem: add lock to protect parameter num_rdy

Getting below error when using KCSAN to check the driver. Adding lock to
protect parameter num_rdy when getting the value with function:
v4l2_m2m_num_src_bufs_ready/v4l2_m2m_num_dst_bufs_ready.

kworker/u16:3: [name:report&]BUG: KCSAN: data-race in v4l2_m2m_buf_queue
kworker/u16:3: [name:report&]

kworker/u16:3: [name:report&]read-write to 0xffffff8105f35b94 of 1 bytes by task 20865 on cpu 7:
kworker/u16:3:  v4l2_m2m_buf_queue+0xd8/0x10c

Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-10-01 21:58:52 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100132-CVE-2023-53519-de9d@gregkh/T