CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-53446
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2025-09-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI/ASPM: Disable ASPM on MFD function removal to avoid use-after-free
Struct pcie_link_state->downstream is a pointer to the pci_dev of function
0. Previously we retained that pointer when removing function 0, and
subsequent ASPM policy changes dereferenced it, resulting in a
use-after-free warning from KASAN, e.g.:
# echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:03:00.0/remove
# echo powersave > /sys/module/pcie_aspm/parameters/policy
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in pcie_config_aspm_link+0x42d/0x500
Call Trace:
kasan_report+0xae/0xe0
pcie_config_aspm_link+0x42d/0x500
pcie_aspm_set_policy+0x8e/0x1a0
param_attr_store+0x162/0x2c0
module_attr_store+0x3e/0x80
PCIe spec r6.0, sec 7.5.3.7, recommends that software program the same ASPM
Control value in all functions of multi-function devices.
Disable ASPM and free the pcie_link_state when any child function is
removed so we can discard the dangling pcie_link_state->downstream pointer
and maintain the same ASPM Control configuration for all functions.
[bhelgaas: commit log and comment]
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.11 < 5.4.251)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.188)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.121)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.39)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.3.13)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.4 < 6.4.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4203722d51afe3d239e03f15cc73efdf023a7103 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/456d8aa37d0f56fc9e985e812496e861dcd6f2f2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/666e7f9d60cee23077ea3e6331f6f8a19f7ea03f Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7aecdd47910c51707696e8b0e045b9f88bd4230f Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7badf4d6f49a358a01ab072bbff88d3ee886c33b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9856c0de49052174ab474113f4ba40c02aaee086 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d51d2eeae4ce54d542909c4d9d07bf371a78592c Patch