bus: fsl-mc: don't assume child devices are all fsl-mc devices
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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: bus: fsl-mc: don't assume child devices are all fsl-mc devices Changes in VFIO caused a pseudo-device to be created as child of fsl-mc devices causing a crash [1] when trying to bind a fsl-mc device to VFIO. Fix this by checking the device type when enumerating fsl-mc child devices. [1] Modules linked in: Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU: 6 PID: 1289 Comm: sh Not tainted 6.2.0-rc5-00047-g7c46948a6e9c #2 Hardware name: NXP Layerscape LX2160ARDB (DT) pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : mc_send_command+0x24/0x1f0 lr : dprc_get_obj_region+0xfc/0x1c0 sp : ffff80000a88b900 x29: ffff80000a88b900 x28: ffff48a9429e1400 x27: 00000000000002b2 x26: ffff48a9429e1718 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000 x23: ffffd59331ba3918 x22: ffffd59331ba3000 x21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffff80000a88b9b8 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000001 x17: 7270642f636d2d6c x16: 73662e3030303030 x15: ffffffffffffffff x14: ffffd59330f1d668 x13: ffff48a8727dc389 x12: ffff48a8727dc386 x11: 0000000000000002 x10: 00008ceaf02f35d4 x9 : 0000000000000012 x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000006 x6 : ffff80000a88bab0 x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff80000a88b9e8 x2 : ffff80000a88b9e8 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff48a945142b80 Call trace: mc_send_command+0x24/0x1f0 dprc_get_obj_region+0xfc/0x1c0 fsl_mc_device_add+0x340/0x590 fsl_mc_obj_device_add+0xd0/0xf8 dprc_scan_objects+0x1c4/0x340 dprc_scan_container+0x38/0x60 vfio_fsl_mc_probe+0x9c/0xf8 fsl_mc_driver_probe+0x24/0x70 really_probe+0xbc/0x2a8 __driver_probe_device+0x78/0xe0 device_driver_attach+0x30/0x68 bind_store+0xa8/0x130 drv_attr_store+0x24/0x38 sysfs_kf_write+0x44/0x60 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x128/0x1b8 vfs_write+0x334/0x448 ksys_write+0x68/0xf0 __arm64_sys_write+0x1c/0x28 invoke_syscall+0x44/0x108 el0_svc_common.constprop.1+0x94/0xf8 do_el0_svc+0x38/0xb0 el0_svc+0x20/0x50 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x98/0xc0 el0t_64_sync+0x174/0x178 Code: aa0103f4 a9025bf5 d5384100 b9400801 (79401260) ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.39, 6.4.4, 6.5
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- 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-2023-53362
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jmcc-mpgx-5c8c
References
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Sources
- CVE-2023-53362 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-53362 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jmcc-mpgx-5c8c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-53362 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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