PT-2025-40694 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Published

2023-05-09

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Updated

2026-01-19

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CVE-2023-53552

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw in the drm/i915 subsystem related to handling requests for GuC virtual engines. Specifically, references to i915 requests could be held indefinitely across different processes via sync file or dmabuf, potentially leading to memory leaks. To address this, the kernel attempts to avoid retaining references to requests after their completion and introduces a new bit in rq->execution mask to identify virtual engines. This change aims to prevent a use-after-free condition.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Use After Free

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880
ALSA-2026:0759
ALSA-2026:0760
CESA-2023_2951
CVE-2023-53552
RHSA-2023:2458
RHSA-2023:2951
RHSA-2023_2458
RHSA-2023_2951
RHSA-2024:2394
RHSA-2024_2394
RHSA-2026:0759
RHSA-2026:0760
RHSA-2026:1441
RHSA-2026:1443
RHSA-2026:1445
SUSE-SU-2025:21040-1
SUSE-SU-2025:21052-1
SUSE-SU-2025:21056-1
SUSE-SU-2025:21064-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4132-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4139-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4141-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4149-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1

Affected Products

Centos
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Rocky Linux
Suse