vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2023-53111: kernel: loop: Fix use-after-free issues
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C) | May 2, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
loop: Fix use-after-free issues
do_req_filebacked() calls blk_mq_complete_request() synchronously or
asynchronously when using asynchronous I/O unless memory allocation fails.
Hence, modify loop_handle_cmd() such that it does not dereference 'cmd' nor
'rq' after do_req_filebacked() finished unless we are sure that the request
has not yet been completed. This patch fixes the following kernel crash:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000054
Call trace:
css_put.42938+0x1c/0x1ac
loop_process_work+0xc8c/0xfd4
loop_rootcg_workfn+0x24/0x34
process_one_work+0x244/0x558
worker_thread+0x400/0x8fc
kthread+0x16c/0x1e0
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Solution
References
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