{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2023-53090", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-05-02T15:51:43.551Z", "datePublished": "2025-05-02T15:55:36.164Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T09:12:44.522Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T09:12:44.522Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/amdkfd: Fix an illegal memory access\n\nIn the kfd_wait_on_events() function, the kfd_event_waiter structure is\nallocated by alloc_event_waiters(), but the event field of the waiter\nstructure is not initialized; When copy_from_user() fails in the\nkfd_wait_on_events() function, it will enter exception handling to\nrelease the previously allocated memory of the waiter structure;\nDue to the event field of the waiters structure being accessed\nin the free_waiters() function, this results in illegal memory access\nand system crash, here is the crash log:\n\nlocalhost kernel: RIP: 0010:native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x185/0x1e0\nlocalhost kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffaa53c362bd60 EFLAGS: 00010082\nlocalhost kernel: RAX: ff3d3d6bff4007cb RBX: 0000000000000282 RCX: 00000000002c0000\nlocalhost kernel: RDX: ffff9e855eeacb80 RSI: 000000000000279c RDI: ffffe7088f6a21d0\nlocalhost kernel: RBP: ffffe7088f6a21d0 R08: 00000000002c0000 R09: ffffaa53c362be64\nlocalhost kernel: R10: ffffaa53c362bbd8 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000002\nlocalhost kernel: R13: ffff9e7ead15d600 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff9e7ead15d698\nlocalhost kernel: FS: 0000152a3d111700(0000) GS:ffff9e855ee80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nlocalhost kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nlocalhost kernel: CR2: 0000152938000010 CR3: 000000044d7a4000 CR4: 00000000003506e0\nlocalhost kernel: Call Trace:\nlocalhost kernel: _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x30/0x40\nlocalhost kernel: remove_wait_queue+0x12/0x50\nlocalhost kernel: kfd_wait_on_events+0x1b6/0x490 [hydcu]\nlocalhost kernel: ? ftrace_graph_caller+0xa0/0xa0\nlocalhost kernel: kfd_ioctl+0x38c/0x4a0 [hydcu]\nlocalhost kernel: ? kfd_ioctl_set_trap_handler+0x70/0x70 [hydcu]\nlocalhost kernel: ? kfd_ioctl_create_queue+0x5a0/0x5a0 [hydcu]\nlocalhost kernel: ? ftrace_graph_caller+0xa0/0xa0\nlocalhost kernel: __x64_sys_ioctl+0x8e/0xd0\nlocalhost kernel: ? syscall_trace_enter.isra.18+0x143/0x1b0\nlocalhost kernel: do_syscall_64+0x33/0x80\nlocalhost kernel: entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9\nlocalhost kernel: RIP: 0033:0x152a4dff68d7\n\nAllocate the structure with kcalloc, and remove redundant 0-initialization\nand a redundant loop condition check." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - Triggered via the local AMDKFD_IOC_WAIT_EVENTS ioctl on /dev/kfd (kfd_ioctl → kfd_ioctl_wait_events → kfd_wait_on_events), not via network or adjacent protocols.\nAC:L - An attacker reliably triggers the path by opening /dev/kfd and issuing WAIT_EVENTS with a bad events_ptr so copy_from_user fails; heap spray to shape the uninitialized event pointer is fully under attacker control.\nPR:L - /dev/kfd is mode 0660 root:render with seat uaccess; WAIT_EVENTS has no capability check, so any unprivileged local user with normal GPU/render access can reach it.\nUI:N - The attacker opens /dev/kfd and issues the ioctl themselves; no separate victim action is required.\nS:U - Impact is confined to host-kernel memory corruption/DoS within the same OS security authority; no VM escape, IOMMU bypass, or other cross-boundary effect.\nC:H - Uninitialized kmalloc heap contents are treated as a kfd_event pointer; with slab spray the dangling use enables reading/reusing attacker-reclaimed object state as part of further kernel memory disclosure.\nI:H - free_waiters() performs spin_lock/unlock and wait-queue operations through the attacker-influenced wild event pointer, yielding kernel memory writes exploitable for corruption and control-flow hijack.\nA:H - The documented outcome is a kernel oops in native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath via remove_wait_queue, which is a full system availability loss." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53", "lessThan": "5a3fb3b745af0ce46ec2e0c8e507bae45b937334", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53", "lessThan": "bbf5eada4334a96e3a204b2307ff5b14dc380b0b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53", "lessThan": "6936525142a015e854d0a23e9ad9ea0a28b3843d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53", "lessThan": "2fece63b55c5d74cd6f5de51159e2cde37e10555", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53", "lessThan": "d9923e7214a870b312bf61f6a89c7554d0966985", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53", "lessThan": "61f306f8df0d5559659c5578cf6d95236bcdcb25", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53", "lessThan": "4fc8fff378b2f2039f2a666d9f8c570f4e58352c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "3.19", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "3.19", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "4.19.279", "lessThanOrEqual": "4.19.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.4.238", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.10.176", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.104", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.21", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.2.8", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.19", "versionEndExcluding": "4.19.279" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.19", "versionEndExcluding": "5.4.238" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.19", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.176" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.19", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.104" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.19", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.21" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.19", "versionEndExcluding": "6.2.8" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.19", "versionEndExcluding": "6.3" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a3fb3b745af0ce46ec2e0c8e507bae45b937334" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbf5eada4334a96e3a204b2307ff5b14dc380b0b" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6936525142a015e854d0a23e9ad9ea0a28b3843d" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fece63b55c5d74cd6f5de51159e2cde37e10555" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9923e7214a870b312bf61f6a89c7554d0966985" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61f306f8df0d5559659c5578cf6d95236bcdcb25" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fc8fff378b2f2039f2a666d9f8c570f4e58352c" } ], "title": "drm/amdkfd: Fix an illegal memory access", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }