cxl/acpi: Fix a use-after-free in cxl_parse_cfmws()
KASAN and KFENCE detected an user-after-free in the CXL driver. This
happens in the cxl_decoder_add() fail path. KASAN prints the following
error:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in cxl_parse_cfmws (drivers/cxl/acpi.c:299)
This happens in cxl_parse_cfmws(), where put_device() is called,
releasing cxld, which is accessed later.
Use the local variables in the dev_err() instead of pointing to the
released memory. Since the dev_err() is printing a resource, change the open
coded print format to use the %pr format specifier.
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/acpi: Fix a use-after-free in cxl_parse_cfmws() KASAN and KFENCE detected an user-after-free in the CXL driver. This happens in the cxl_decoder_add() fail path. KASAN prints the following error: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in cxl_parse_cfmws (drivers/cxl/acpi.c:299) This happens in cxl_parse_cfmws(), where put_device() is called, releasing cxld, which is accessed later. Use the local variables in the dev_err() instead of pointing to the released memory. Since the dev_err() is printing a resource, change the open coded print format to use the %pr format specifier. | |
| Title | cxl/acpi: Fix a use-after-free in cxl_parse_cfmws() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T19:45:46.984Z
Reserved: 2025-10-01T11:39:39.401Z
Link: CVE-2023-53479
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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-10-01T12:15:50.447
Modified: 2026-01-20T16:37:30.697
Link: CVE-2023-53479
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Updated: 2025-10-02T08:39:51Z