Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2025· Updated May 4, 2025
nvmet: avoid potential UAF in nvmet_req_complete()
CVE-2023-53116
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvmet: avoid potential UAF in nvmet_req_complete()
An nvme target ->queue_response() operation implementation may free the request passed as argument. Such implementation potentially could result in a use after free of the request pointer when percpu_ref_put() is called in nvmet_req_complete().
Avoid such problem by using a local variable to save the sq pointer before calling __nvmet_req_complete(), thus avoiding dereferencing the req pointer after that function call.
Affected products
85- osv-coords83 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Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/04c394208831d5e0d5cfee46722eb0f033cd4083mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6173a77b7e9d3e202bdb9897b23f2a8afe7bf286mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ed9813871038b25a934b21ab76b5b7dbf44fc3amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6317235da8aa7cb97529ebc8121cc2a4c4c437amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcd535f07c58342302a2cd2bdd8894fe0872c8a9mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5d99b29012bbf0e86929403209723b2806500c1mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1d5888a5efe345b63c430b256e95acb0a475642mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fafcb4b26393870c45462f9af6a48e581dbbcf7emitre
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