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

rpmsg: virtio: Free driver_override when rpmsg_remove()

Free driver_override when rpmsg_remove(), otherwise
the following memory leak will occur:

unreferenced object 0xffff0000d55d7080 (size 128):
comm "kworker/u8:2", pid 56, jiffies 4294893188 (age 214.272s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
72 70 6d 73 67 5f 6e 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 rpmsg_ns........
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<000000009c94c9c1>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1f8/0x320
[<000000002300d89b>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x44/0x70
[<00000000228a60c3>] kstrndup+0x4c/0x90
[<0000000077158695>] driver_set_override+0xd0/0x164
[<000000003e9c4ea5>] rpmsg_register_device_override+0x98/0x170
[<000000001c0c89a8>] rpmsg_ns_register_device+0x24/0x30
[<000000008bbf8fa2>] rpmsg_probe+0x2e0/0x3ec
[<00000000e65a68df>] virtio_dev_probe+0x1c0/0x280
[<00000000443331cc>] really_probe+0xbc/0x2dc
[<00000000391064b1>] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0xe0
[<00000000a41c9a5b>] driver_probe_device+0xd8/0x160
[<000000009c3bd5df>] __device_attach_driver+0xb8/0x140
[<0000000043cd7614>] bus_for_each_drv+0x7c/0xd4
[<000000003b929a36>] __device_attach+0x9c/0x19c
[<00000000a94e0ba8>] device_initial_probe+0x14/0x20
[<000000003c999637>] bus_probe_device+0xa0/0xac
Published: 2024-05-17
Score: 6.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3840-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3842-1 linux-5.10 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-2 Linux kernel (ARM laptop) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-3 Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-4 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-3 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-4 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Debian
Debian debian Linux
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Debian
Debian debian Linux

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000


Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Debian Debian Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T19:31:24.108Z

Reserved: 2024-03-07T14:49:46.885Z

Link: CVE-2023-52670

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:11:34.486Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-17T14:15:10.057

Modified: 2025-12-23T18:20:53.050

Link: CVE-2023-52670

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-05-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-52670 - Bugzilla

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