CVE-2023-53090
drm/amdkfd: Fix an illegal memory access
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Fix an illegal memory access In the kfd_wait_on_events() function, the kfd_event_waiter structure is
allocated by alloc_event_waiters(), but the event field of the waiter
structure is not initialized; When copy_from_user() fails in the
kfd_wait_on_events() function, it will enter exception handling to
release the previously allocated memory of the waiter structure;
Due to the event field of the waiters structure being accessed
in the free_waiters() function, this results in illegal memory access
and system crash, here is the crash log: localhost kernel: RIP: 0010:native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x185/0x1e0
localhost kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffaa53c362bd60 EFLAGS: 00010082
localhost kernel: RAX: ff3d3d6bff4007cb RBX: 0000000000000282 RCX: 00000000002c0000
localhost kernel: RDX: ffff9e855eeacb80 RSI: 000000000000279c RDI: ffffe7088f6a21d0
localhost kernel: RBP: ffffe7088f6a21d0 R08: 00000000002c0000 R09: ffffaa53c362be64
localhost kernel: R10: ffffaa53c362bbd8 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000002
localhost kernel: R13: ffff9e7ead15d600 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff9e7ead15d698
localhost kernel: FS: 0000152a3d111700(0000) GS:ffff9e855ee80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
localhost kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
localhost kernel: CR2: 0000152938000010 CR3: 000000044d7a4000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
localhost kernel: Call Trace:
localhost kernel: _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x30/0x40
localhost kernel: remove_wait_queue+0x12/0x50
localhost kernel: kfd_wait_on_events+0x1b6/0x490 [hydcu]
localhost kernel: ? ftrace_graph_caller+0xa0/0xa0
localhost kernel: kfd_ioctl+0x38c/0x4a0 [hydcu]
localhost kernel: ? kfd_ioctl_set_trap_handler+0x70/0x70 [hydcu]
localhost kernel: ? kfd_ioctl_create_queue+0x5a0/0x5a0 [hydcu]
localhost kernel: ? ftrace_graph_caller+0xa0/0xa0
localhost kernel: __x64_sys_ioctl+0x8e/0xd0
localhost kernel: ? syscall_trace_enter.isra.18+0x143/0x1b0
localhost kernel: do_syscall_64+0x33/0x80
localhost kernel: entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
localhost kernel: RIP: 0033:0x152a4dff68d7 Allocate the structure with kcalloc, and remove redundant 0-initialization
and a redundant loop condition check.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Fix an illegal memory access In the kfd_wait_on_events() function, the kfd_event_waiter structure is allocated by alloc_event_waiters(), but the event field of the waiter structure is not initialized; When copy_from_user() fails in the kfd_wait_on_events() function, it will enter exception handling to release the previously allocated memory of the waiter structure; Due to the event field of the waiters structure being accessed in the free_waiters() function, this results in illegal memory access and system crash, here is the crash log: localhost kernel: RIP: 0010:native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x185/0x1e0 localhost kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffaa53c362bd60 EFLAGS: 00010082 localhost kernel: RAX: ff3d3d6bff4007cb RBX: 0000000000000282 RCX: 00000000002c0000 localhost kernel: RDX: ffff9e855eeacb80 RSI: 000000000000279c RDI: ffffe7088f6a21d0 localhost kernel: RBP: ffffe7088f6a21d0 R08: 00000000002c0000 R09: ffffaa53c362be64 localhost kernel: R10: ffffaa53c362bbd8 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000002 localhost kernel: R13: ffff9e7ead15d600 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff9e7ead15d698 localhost kernel: FS: 0000152a3d111700(0000) GS:ffff9e855ee80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 localhost kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 localhost kernel: CR2: 0000152938000010 CR3: 000000044d7a4000 CR4: 00000000003506e0 localhost kernel: Call Trace: localhost kernel: _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x30/0x40 localhost kernel: remove_wait_queue+0x12/0x50 localhost kernel: kfd_wait_on_events+0x1b6/0x490 [hydcu] localhost kernel: ? ftrace_graph_caller+0xa0/0xa0 localhost kernel: kfd_ioctl+0x38c/0x4a0 [hydcu] localhost kernel: ? kfd_ioctl_set_trap_handler+0x70/0x70 [hydcu] localhost kernel: ? kfd_ioctl_create_queue+0x5a0/0x5a0 [hydcu] localhost kernel: ? ftrace_graph_caller+0xa0/0xa0 localhost kernel: __x64_sys_ioctl+0x8e/0xd0 localhost kernel: ? syscall_trace_enter.isra.18+0x143/0x1b0 localhost kernel: do_syscall_64+0x33/0x80 localhost kernel: entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 localhost kernel: RIP: 0033:0x152a4dff68d7 Allocate the structure with kcalloc, and remove redundant 0-initialization and a redundant loop condition check.
This update provides the initial livepatch for this kernel update. This update does not contain any fixes and will be updated with livepatches later.
CVSS Scores
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Timeline
- 2025-05-02 CVE Reserved
- 2025-05-02 CVE Published
- 2025-09-16 CVE Updated
- 2025-11-18 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
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References (10)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53 | Vuln. Introduced |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53090 | 2023-11-14 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2363760 | 2023-11-14 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.19 < 4.19.279 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.19 < 4.19.279" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.19 < 5.4.238 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.19 < 5.4.238" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.19 < 5.10.176 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.19 < 5.10.176" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.19 < 5.15.104 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.19 < 5.15.104" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.19 < 6.1.21 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.19 < 6.1.21" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.19 < 6.2.8 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.19 < 6.2.8" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.19 < 6.3 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.19 < 6.3" | en |
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