Vulnerability · Published Nov 28, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-52922can: bcm: Fix UAF in bcm_proc_show()

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: Fix UAF in bcm_proc_show() BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bcm_proc_show+0x969/0xa80 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888155846230 by task cat/7862 CPU: 1 PID: 7862 Comm: cat Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1-00153-gc8746099c197 #230 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0xd5/0x150 print_report+0xc1/0x5e0 kasan_report+0xba/0xf0 bcm_proc_show+0x969/0xa80 seq_read_iter+0x4f6/0x1260 seq_read+0x165/0x210 proc_reg_read+0x227/0x300 vfs_read+0x1d5/0x8d0 ksys_read+0x11e/0x240 do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Allocated by task 7846: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 __kasan_kmalloc+0x9e/0xa0 bcm_sendmsg+0x264b/0x44e0 sock_sendmsg+0xda/0x180 ____sys_sendmsg+0x735/0x920 ___sys_sendmsg+0x11d/0x1b0 __sys_sendmsg+0xfa/0x1d0 do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Freed by task 7846: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40 ____kasan_slab_free+0x161/0x1c0 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x119/0x220 __kmem_cache_free+0xb4/0x2e0 rcu_core+0x809/0x1bd0 bcm_op is freed before procfs entry be removed in bcm_release(), this lead to bcm_proc_show() may read the freed bcm_op.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9bpftool7.4.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-abi-stablelists4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-core4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-cross-headers4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-core4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-devel4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-devel4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-doc4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-doc5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-headers4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules-extra4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt4.18.0-553.45.1.rt7.386.el8_10ALSA-2025:3027
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-core4.18.0-553.45.1.rt7.386.el8_10ALSA-2025:3027
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug4.18.0-553.45.1.rt7.386.el8_10ALSA-2025:3027
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-core4.18.0-553.45.1.rt7.386.el8_10ALSA-2025:3027
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-devel4.18.0-553.45.1.rt7.386.el8_10ALSA-2025:3027
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-kvm5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules4.18.0-553.45.1.rt7.386.el8_10ALSA-2025:3027
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.45.1.rt7.386.el8_10ALSA-2025:3027
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-devel4.18.0-553.45.1.rt7.386.el8_10ALSA-2025:3027
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-kvm5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules4.18.0-553.45.1.rt7.386.el8_10ALSA-2025:3027
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules-extra4.18.0-553.45.1.rt7.386.el8_10ALSA-2025:3027
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt-addons5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-core4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-devel4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8perf4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8python3-perf4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:3026
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
Debian:12linux6.1.52-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52922
Debian:13linux6.4.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52922
Debian:14linux6.4.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52922
Rocky Linux:8kernel0:4.18.0-553.45.1.el8_10RLSA-2025:3026
Rocky Linux:8kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.45.1.rt7.386.el8_10RLSA-2025:3027
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-88.98UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1049.54UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1051.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1051.59.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1046.54UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1046.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1032.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1042.45UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1045.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1046.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-88.98UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1040.40UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1019.19UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1047.53UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1042.45UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1025.29UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52922

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux ffd980f976e7fd666c2e61bf8ab35107efd11828 – before 11b8e27ed448baa385d90154a141466bd5e92f18ffd980f976e7fd666c2e61bf8ab35107efd11828 – before 9b58d36d0c1ea29a9571e0222a9c29df0ccfb7ffffd980f976e7fd666c2e61bf8ab35107efd11828 – before 9533dbfac0ff7edd77a5fa2c24974b1d66c8b0a6ffd980f976e7fd666c2e61bf8ab35107efd11828 – before cf254b4f68e480e73dab055014e002b77aed30edffd980f976e7fd666c2e61bf8ab35107efd11828 – before 3c3941bb1eb53abe7d640ffee5c4d6b559829ab3ffd980f976e7fd666c2e61bf8ab35107efd11828 – before 995f47d76647708ec26c6e388663ad4f3f264787ffd980f976e7fd666c2e61bf8ab35107efd11828 – before dfd0aa26e9a07f2ce546ccf8304ead6a2914e8a7ffd980f976e7fd666c2e61bf8ab35107efd11828 – before 55c3b96074f3f9b0aee19bf93cd71af7516582bb
Linux Linux 2.6.25

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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