CVE-2023-53508

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in ublk_ctrl_start_dev

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ublk: fail to start device if queue setup is interrupted In ublk_ctrl_start_dev(), if wait_for_completion_interruptible() is interrupted by signal, queues aren't setup successfully yet, so we have to fail UBLK_CMD_START_DEV, otherwise kernel oops can be triggered. Reported by German when working on qemu-storage-deamon which requires single thread ublk daemon.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (12)
linux/Kernel 6.0.0 - 6.1.43linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.4.8linux
Linux/Linux < 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.1.43 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.4.8 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.5
Linux/Linux 71f28f3136aff5890cd56de78abc673f8393cad9 - 0d5916c439574b18a0734872daa0022b3d6105ad
Linux/Linux 71f28f3136aff5890cd56de78abc673f8393cad9 - 53e7d08f6d6e214c40db1f51291bb2975c789dc2
Linux/Linux 71f28f3136aff5890cd56de78abc673f8393cad9 - 6ab3e7d424cd413d7a5e976c8a30b4ffa84a65dd
... and 2 more
Published Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026