PCI: switchtec: Fix stdev_release() crash after surprise hot remove
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: switchtec: Fix stdev_release() crash after surprise hot remove A PCI device hot removal may occur while stdev->cdev is held open. The call to stdev_release() then happens during close or exit, at a point way past switchtec_pci_remove(). Otherwise the last ref would vanish with the trailing put_device(), just before return. At that later point in time, the devm cleanup has already removed the stdev->mmio_mrpc mapping. Also, the stdev->pdev reference was not a counted one. Therefore, in DMA mode, the iowrite32() in stdev_release() will cause a fatal page fault, and the subsequent dma_free_coherent(), if reached, would pass a stale &stdev->pdev->dev pointer. Fix by moving MRPC DMA shutdown into switchtec_pci_remove(), after stdev_kill(). Counting the stdev->pdev ref is now optional, but may prevent future accidents. Reproducible via the script at https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.0 and later | 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4, 6.8 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.0 and later Fixed in 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4, 6.8 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4, 6.8
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-52617
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-62pr-mr57-m7xm
References
Patch 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8c293549946ee5078ed0ab77793cec365559355
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a5d0528cf19dbf060313dffbe047bc11c90c24c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff1c7e2fb9e9c3f53715fbe04d3ac47b80be7eb8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d83c85922647758c1f1e4806a4c5c3cf591a20a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0233b836312e39a3c763fb53512b3fa455b473b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e129c7fa7070fbce57feb0bfc5eaa65eef44b693
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df25461119d987b8c81d232cfe4411e91dcabe66
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Sources
- CVE-2023-52617 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-52617 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-62pr-mr57-m7xm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-52617 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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