{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53138","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  net: caif: Fix use-after-free in cfusbl_device_notify()  syzbot reported use-after-free in cfusbl_device_notify() [1].  This causes a stack trace like below:  BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in cfusbl_device_notify+0x7c9/0x870 net/caif/caif_usb.c:138 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88807ac4e6f0 by task kworker/u4:6/1214  CPU: 0 PID: 1214 Comm: kworker/u4:6 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc3-syzkaller-00146-g92f20ff72066 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Workqueue: netns cleanup_net Call Trace:  \u003cTASK\u003e  __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]  dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106  print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0xeb/0x467 mm/kasan/report.c:313  print_report mm/kasan/report.c:429 [inline]  kasan_report.cold+0xf4/0x1c6 mm/kasan/report.c:491  cfusbl_device_notify+0x7c9/0x870 net/caif/caif_usb.c:138  notifier_call_chain+0xb5/0x200 kernel/notifier.c:87  call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0xb5/0x130 net/core/dev.c:1945  call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:1983 [inline]  call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:1997 [inline]  netdev_wait_allrefs_any net/core/dev.c:10227 [inline]  netdev_run_todo+0xbc0/0x10f0 net/core/dev.c:10341  default_device_exit_batch+0x44e/0x590 net/core/dev.c:11334  ops_exit_list+0x125/0x170 net/core/net_namespace.c:167  cleanup_net+0x4ea/0xb00 net/core/net_namespace.c:594  process_one_work+0x996/0x1610 kernel/workqueue.c:2289  worker_thread+0x665/0x1080 kernel/workqueue.c:2436  kthread+0x2e9/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:376  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:302  \u003c/TASK\u003e  When unregistering a net device, unregister_netdevice_many_notify() sets the device's reg_state to NETREG_UNREGISTERING, calls notifiers with NETDEV_UNREGISTER, and adds the device to the todo list.  Later on, devices in the todo list are processed by netdev_run_todo(). netdev_run_todo() waits devices' reference count become 1 while rebdoadcasting NETDEV_UNREGISTER notification.  When cfusbl_device_notify() is called with NETDEV_UNREGISTER multiple times, the parent device might be freed.  This could cause UAF. Processing NETDEV_UNREGISTER multiple times also causes inbalance of reference count for the module.  This patch fixes the issue by accepting only first NETDEV_UNREGISTER notification.","modified":"2026-09-15T09:03:02.493178427Z","published":"2025-05-02T16:15:32.720Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-53138"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53138"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.20-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53138.json"}},{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.20-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53138.json"}},{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.20-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53138.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}