CVE-2023-53219

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-416 Use After Free
Publication date:
15/09/2025
Last modified:
14/01/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> media: netup_unidvb: fix use-after-free at del_timer()<br /> <br /> When Universal DVB card is detaching, netup_unidvb_dma_fini()<br /> uses del_timer() to stop dma-&gt;timeout timer. But when timer<br /> handler netup_unidvb_dma_timeout() is running, del_timer()<br /> could not stop it. As a result, the use-after-free bug could<br /> happen. The process is shown below:<br /> <br /> (cleanup routine) | (timer routine)<br /> | mod_timer(&amp;dev-&gt;tx_sim_timer, ..)<br /> netup_unidvb_finidev() | (wait a time)<br /> netup_unidvb_dma_fini() | netup_unidvb_dma_timeout()<br /> del_timer(&amp;dma-&gt;timeout); |<br /> | ndev-&gt;pci_dev-&gt;dev //USE<br /> <br /> Fix by changing del_timer() to del_timer_sync().

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.3 (including) 4.14.316 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.15 (including) 4.19.284 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.20 (including) 5.4.244 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.5 (including) 5.10.181 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.11 (including) 5.15.113 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.16 (including) 6.1.30 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2 (including) 6.3.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*