Bug 2400792 (CVE-2023-53484) - CVE-2023-53484 kernel: lib: cpu_rmap: Avoid use after free on rmap->obj array entries
Summary: CVE-2023-53484 kernel: lib: cpu_rmap: Avoid use after free on rmap->obj array...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-53484
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-10-01 12:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-10-07 17:06 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-01 12:07:41 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

lib: cpu_rmap: Avoid use after free on rmap->obj array entries

When calling irq_set_affinity_notifier() with NULL at the notify
argument, it will cause freeing of the glue pointer in the
corresponding array entry but will leave the pointer in the array. A
subsequent call to free_irq_cpu_rmap() will try to free this entry again
leading to possible use after free.

Fix that by setting NULL to the array entry and checking that we have
non-zero at the array entry when iterating over the array in
free_irq_cpu_rmap().

The current code does not suffer from this since there are no cases
where irq_set_affinity_notifier(irq, NULL) (note the NULL passed for the
notify arg) is called, followed by a call to free_irq_cpu_rmap() so we
don't hit and issue. Subsequent patches in this series excersize this
flow, hence the required fix.


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