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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: mediatek: mt8186: Fix use-after-free in driver remove path\n\nWhen devm runs function in the \"remove\" path for a device it runs them\nin the reverse order. That means that if you have parts of your driver\nthat aren't using devm or are using \"roll your own\" devm w/\ndevm_add_action_or_reset() you need to keep that in mind.\n\nThe mt8186 audio driver didn't quite get this right. Specifically, in\nmt8186_init_clock() it called mt8186_audsys_clk_register() and then\nwent on to call a bunch of other devm function. The caller of\nmt8186_init_clock() used devm_add_action_or_reset() to call\nmt8186_deinit_clock() but, because of the intervening devm functions,\nthe order was wrong.\n\nSpecifically at probe time, the order was:\n1. mt8186_audsys_clk_register()\n2. afe_priv->clk = devm_kcalloc(...)\n3. afe_priv->clk[i] = devm_clk_get(...)\n\nAt remove time, the order (which should have been 3, 2, 1) was:\n1. mt8186_audsys_clk_unregister()\n3. Free all of afe_priv->clk[i]\n2. Free afe_priv->clk\n\nThe above seemed to be causing a use-after-free. Luckily, it's easy to\nfix this by simply using devm more correctly. Let's move the\ndevm_add_action_or_reset() to the right place. In addition to fixing\nthe use-after-free, code inspection shows that this fixes a leak\n(missing call to mt8186_audsys_clk_unregister()) that would have\nhappened if any of the syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle() calls in\nmt8186_init_clock() had failed."}], "id": "CVE-2023-53854", "lastModified": "2026-04-15T00:35:42.020", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-12-09T16:17:26.060", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e56a1c04882852e3e7d6c59756a16211ebbc457"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a93d2afd3f77a7331271a0f25c6a11003db69b3c"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dffd9e2b57cb845930fa885aa634a847ba2130dd"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Deferred"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: ASoC: mediatek: mt8186: Fix use-after-free in driver remove path", "id": "2420317", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2420317"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nASoC: mediatek: mt8186: Fix use-after-free in driver remove path\nWhen devm runs function in the \"remove\" path for a device it runs them\nin the reverse order. That means that if you have parts of your driver\nthat aren't using devm or are using \"roll your own\" devm w/\ndevm_add_action_or_reset() you need to keep that in mind.\nThe mt8186 audio driver didn't quite get this right. Specifically, in\nmt8186_init_clock() it called mt8186_audsys_clk_register() and then\nwent on to call a bunch of other devm function. The caller of\nmt8186_init_clock() used devm_add_action_or_reset() to call\nmt8186_deinit_clock() but, because of the intervening devm functions,\nthe order was wrong.\nSpecifically at probe time, the order was:\n1. mt8186_audsys_clk_register()\n2. afe_priv->clk = devm_kcalloc(...)\n3. afe_priv->clk[i] = devm_clk_get(...)\nAt remove time, the order (which should have been 3, 2, 1) was:\n1. mt8186_audsys_clk_unregister()\n3. Free all of afe_priv->clk[i]\n2. Free afe_priv->clk\nThe above seemed to be causing a use-after-free. Luckily, it's easy to\nfix this by simply using devm more correctly. Let's move the\ndevm_add_action_or_reset() to the right place. In addition to fixing\nthe use-after-free, code inspection shows that this fixes a leak\n(missing call to mt8186_audsys_clk_unregister()) that would have\nhappened if any of the syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle() calls in\nmt8186_init_clock() had failed."], "name": "CVE-2023-53854", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-12-09T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53854\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53854\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025120902-CVE-2023-53854-be24@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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