FKIE_CVE-2023-53747
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-08 02:15 - Updated: 2026-08-04 10:19
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vc_screen: reload load of struct vc_data pointer in vcs_write() to avoid UAF
After a call to console_unlock() in vcs_write() the vc_data struct can be
freed by vc_port_destruct(). Because of that, the struct vc_data pointer
must be reloaded in the while loop in vcs_write() after console_lock() to
avoid a UAF when vcs_size() is called.
Syzkaller reported a UAF in vcs_size().
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in vcs_size (drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c:215)
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880beab89a8 by task repro_vcs_size/4119
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__asan_report_load4_noabort (mm/kasan/report_generic.c:380)
vcs_size (drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c:215)
vcs_write (drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c:664)
vfs_write (fs/read_write.c:582 fs/read_write.c:564)
...
<TASK>
Allocated by task 1213:
kmalloc_trace (mm/slab_common.c:1064)
vc_allocate (./include/linux/slab.h:559 ./include/linux/slab.h:680
drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:1078 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:1058)
con_install (drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:3334)
tty_init_dev (drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1303 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1415
drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1392)
tty_open (drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2082 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2128)
chrdev_open (fs/char_dev.c:415)
do_dentry_open (fs/open.c:921)
vfs_open (fs/open.c:1052)
...
Freed by task 4116:
kfree (mm/slab_common.c:1016)
vc_port_destruct (drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:1044)
tty_port_destructor (drivers/tty/tty_port.c:296)
tty_port_put (drivers/tty/tty_port.c:312)
vt_disallocate_all (drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:662 (discriminator 2))
vt_ioctl (drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:903)
tty_ioctl (drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2778)
...
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880beab8800
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024
The buggy address is located 424 bytes inside of
freed 1024-byte region [ffff8880beab8800, ffff8880beab8c00)
The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page:00000000afc77580 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000
index:0x0 pfn:0xbeab8
head:00000000afc77580 order:3 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0
pincount:0
flags: 0xfffffc0010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1fffff)
page_type: 0xffffffff()
raw: 000fffffc0010200 ffff888100042dc0 ffffea000426de00 dead000000000002
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000100010 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff8880beab8880: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
ffff8880beab8900: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff8880beab8980: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
^
ffff8880beab8a00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
ffff8880beab8a80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
==================================================================
Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"lessThan": "934de9a9b659785fed3e820bc0c813a460c71fea",
"status": "affected",
"version": "ac751efa6a0d70f2c9daef5c7e3a92270f5c2dff",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
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"status": "affected",
"version": "ac751efa6a0d70f2c9daef5c7e3a92270f5c2dff",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
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"status": "affected",
"version": "ac751efa6a0d70f2c9daef5c7e3a92270f5c2dff",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "11dddfbb7a4e62489b01074d6c04d9d1b42e4047",
"status": "affected",
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"versionType": "git"
},
{
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"versionType": "git"
},
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"versionType": "git"
},
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"status": "affected",
"version": "ac751efa6a0d70f2c9daef5c7e3a92270f5c2dff",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
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"status": "affected",
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"versionType": "git"
}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "2.6.38"
},
{
"lessThan": "2.6.38",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "4.14.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "4.14.327",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "4.19.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "4.19.284",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.4.244",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.10.181",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.15.113",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.1.30",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.3.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.3.4",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.4",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvc_screen: reload load of struct vc_data pointer in vcs_write() to avoid UAF\n\nAfter a call to console_unlock() in vcs_write() the vc_data struct can be\nfreed by vc_port_destruct(). Because of that, the struct vc_data pointer\nmust be reloaded in the while loop in vcs_write() after console_lock() to\navoid a UAF when vcs_size() is called.\n\nSyzkaller reported a UAF in vcs_size().\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in vcs_size (drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c:215)\nRead of size 4 at addr ffff8880beab89a8 by task repro_vcs_size/4119\n\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n__asan_report_load4_noabort (mm/kasan/report_generic.c:380)\nvcs_size (drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c:215)\nvcs_write (drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c:664)\nvfs_write (fs/read_write.c:582 fs/read_write.c:564)\n...\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n\nAllocated by task 1213:\nkmalloc_trace (mm/slab_common.c:1064)\nvc_allocate (./include/linux/slab.h:559 ./include/linux/slab.h:680\n drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:1078 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:1058)\ncon_install (drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:3334)\ntty_init_dev (drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1303 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1415\n drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1392)\ntty_open (drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2082 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2128)\nchrdev_open (fs/char_dev.c:415)\ndo_dentry_open (fs/open.c:921)\nvfs_open (fs/open.c:1052)\n...\n\nFreed by task 4116:\nkfree (mm/slab_common.c:1016)\nvc_port_destruct (drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:1044)\ntty_port_destructor (drivers/tty/tty_port.c:296)\ntty_port_put (drivers/tty/tty_port.c:312)\nvt_disallocate_all (drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:662 (discriminator 2))\nvt_ioctl (drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:903)\ntty_ioctl (drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2778)\n...\n\nThe buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880beab8800\n which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024\nThe buggy address is located 424 bytes inside of\n freed 1024-byte region [ffff8880beab8800, ffff8880beab8c00)\n\nThe buggy address belongs to the physical page:\npage:00000000afc77580 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000\n index:0x0 pfn:0xbeab8\nhead:00000000afc77580 order:3 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0\n pincount:0\nflags: 0xfffffc0010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1fffff)\npage_type: 0xffffffff()\nraw: 000fffffc0010200 ffff888100042dc0 ffffea000426de00 dead000000000002\nraw: 0000000000000000 0000000000100010 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000\npage dumped because: kasan: bad access detected\n\nMemory state around the buggy address:\n ffff8880beab8880: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb\n ffff8880beab8900: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb\n\u003effff8880beab8980: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb\n ^\n ffff8880beab8a00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb\n ffff8880beab8a80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb\n==================================================================\nDisabling lock debugging due to kernel taint"
}
],
"id": "CVE-2023-53747",
"lastModified": "2026-08-04T10:19:19.547",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "LOCAL",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 7.8,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "LOW",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 1.8,
"impactScore": 5.9,
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
},
"published": "2025-12-08T02:15:50.057",
"references": [
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"vulnStatus": "Deferred"
}
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