{"cve":"CVE-2023-52439","nvd":{"published":"2024-02-20T21:15:08.213","modified":"2026-08-04T10:18:27.190","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nuio: Fix use-after-free in uio_open\n\ncore-1\t\t\t\tcore-2\n-------------------------------------------------------\nuio_unregister_device\t\tuio_open\n\t\t\t\tidev = idr_find()\ndevice_unregister(&idev->dev)\nput_device(&idev->dev)\nuio_device_release\n\t\t\t\tget_device(&idev->dev)\nkfree(idev)\nuio_free_minor(minor)\n\t\t\t\tuio_release\n\t\t\t\tput_device(&idev->dev)\n\t\t\t\tkfree(idev)\n-------------------------------------------------------\n\nIn the core-1 uio_unregister_device(), the device_unregister will kfree\nidev when the idev->dev kobject ref is 1. But after core-1\ndevice_unregister, put_device and before doing kfree, the core-2 may\nget_device. Then:\n1. After core-1 kfree idev, the core-2 will do use-after-free for idev.\n2. When core-2 do uio_release and put_device, the idev will be double\n   freed.\n\nTo address this issue, we can get idev atomic & inc idev reference with\nminor_lock.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-415"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9ae0b8605078eafc3bea053cc78791e97ba2e2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17a8519cb359c3b483fb5c7367efa9a8a508bdea","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3174e0f7de1ba392dc191625da83df02d695b60c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35f102607054faafe78d2a6994b18d5d9d6e92ad","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cf604ee538ed0c467abe3b4cda5308a6398f0f7"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:45:59.823092188+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-52439","score":0.00299,"percentile":0.22614,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}