In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Revert "tty: n_gsm: fix UAF in gsm_cleanup_mux"

This reverts commit 9b9c8195f3f0d74a826077fc1c01b9ee74907239.

The commit above is reverted as it did not solve the original issue.

gsm_cleanup_mux() tries to free up the virtual ttys by calling
gsm_dlci_release() for each available DLCI. There, dlci_put() is called to
decrease the reference counter for the DLCI via tty_port_put() which
finally calls gsm_dlci_free(). This already clears the pointer which is
being checked in gsm_cleanup_mux() before calling gsm_dlci_release().
Therefore, it is not necessary to clear this pointer in gsm_cleanup_mux()
as done in the reverted commit. The commit introduces a null pointer
dereference:
<TASK>
? __die+0x1f/0x70
? page_fault_oops+0x156/0x420
? search_exception_tables+0x37/0x50
? fixup_exception+0x21/0x310
? exc_page_fault+0x69/0x150
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
? tty_port_put+0x19/0xa0
gsmtty_cleanup+0x29/0x80 [n_gsm]
release_one_tty+0x37/0xe0
process_one_work+0x1e6/0x3e0
worker_thread+0x4c/0x3d0
? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
kthread+0xe1/0x110
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x2f/0x50
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
</TASK>

The actual issue is that nothing guards dlci_put() from being called
multiple times while the tty driver was triggered but did not yet finished
calling gsm_dlci_free().

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Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T12:49:15.207Z

Reserved: 2024-03-02T21:55:42.567Z

Link: CVE-2023-52564

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Updated: 2024-08-02T23:03:20.987Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-02T22:15:48.933

Modified: 2025-01-07T17:34:18.947

Link: CVE-2023-52564

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-03-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-52564 - Bugzilla

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