CVE-2023-53640

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.12-5.15.114 - Use-After-Free in regcache_flat_read

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: lpass: Fix for KASAN use_after_free out of bounds When we run syzkaller we get below Out of Bounds error. "KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in regcache_flat_read" Below is the backtrace of the issue: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in regcache_flat_read+0x10c/0x110 Read of size 4 at addr ffffff8088fbf714 by task syz-executor.4/14144 CPU: 6 PID: 14144 Comm: syz-executor.4 Tainted: G W Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. sc7280 CRD platform (rev5+) (DT) Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x4ec show_stack+0x34/0x50 dump_stack_lvl+0xdc/0x11c print_address_description+0x30/0x2d8 kasan_report+0x178/0x1e4 __asan_report_load4_noabort+0x44/0x50 regcache_flat_read+0x10c/0x110 regcache_read+0xf8/0x5a0 _regmap_read+0x45c/0x86c _regmap_update_bits+0x128/0x290 regmap_update_bits_base+0xc0/0x15c snd_soc_component_update_bits+0xa8/0x22c snd_soc_component_write_field+0x68/0xd4 tx_macro_put_dec_enum+0x1d0/0x268 snd_ctl_elem_write+0x288/0x474 By Error checking and checking valid values issue gets rectifies.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 8.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (12)
Linux/Linux < 5.12
Linux/Linux 5.12
Linux/Linux 5.15.114 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.31 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.3.5 - 6.3.*
Linux/Linux 6.4
Linux/Linux c39667ddcfc516fee084e449179d54430a558298 - 75e5fab7db0cecb6e16b22c34608f0b40a4c7cd1
Linux/Linux c39667ddcfc516fee084e449179d54430a558298 - 8d81d3b0ed3610d24191d24f8e9e20f6775f0cc5
Linux/Linux c39667ddcfc516fee084e449179d54430a558298 - 8f1512d78b5de928f4616a871e77b58fd546e651
Linux/Linux c39667ddcfc516fee084e449179d54430a558298 - f5e61e3fe799ba2fda4320af23d26d28c3302045
... and 2 more
Published Oct 07, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026