CVE-2023-54309
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
30/12/2025
Last modified:
30/12/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
tpm: tpm_vtpm_proxy: fix a race condition in /dev/vtpmx creation<br />
<br />
/dev/vtpmx is made visible before &#39;workqueue&#39; is initialized, which can<br />
lead to a memory corruption in the worst case scenario.<br />
<br />
Address this by initializing &#39;workqueue&#39; as the very first step of the<br />
driver initialization.
Impact
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04e8697d26613ccea760cf57eb20a5a27f788c0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/092db954e2c3c5ba6c0ce990c7da72cf8f3b9c51
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/509d21f1c4bb9d35d397fca3226165b156a7639f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86b9820395f226b8f33cbae9599deebf8af1ce72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99b998fb9d7d2d2d9dbb3e19db2d0ade02f5a604
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ff7fcb3a2ed0e9b895bb5b4c13872d584a8815b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e08295290c53a3cf174c236721747a01b9550ae2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4032d615f90970d6c3ac1d9c0bce3351eb4445c