CVE-2023-54020
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: sf-pdma: pdma_desc memory leak fix Commit b2cc5c465c2c ("dmaengine: sf-pdma: Add multithread support for a DMA channel") changed sf_pdma_prep_dma_memcpy() to unconditionally allocate a new sf_pdma_desc each time it is called. The driver previously recycled descs, by checking the in_use flag, only allocating additional descs if the existing one was in use. This logic was removed in commit b2cc5c465c2c ("dmaengine: sf-pdma: Add multithread support for a DMA channel"), but sf_pdma_free_desc() was not changed to handle the new behaviour. As a result, each time sf_pdma_prep_dma_memcpy() is called, the previous descriptor is leaked, over time leading to memory starvation: unreferenced object 0xffffffe008447300 (size 192): comm "irq/39-mchp_dsc", pid 343, jiffies 4294906910 (age 981.200s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 00 b8 c1 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 70 08 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0 00 00 00 00 ..p............. backtrace: [<00000000064a04f4>] kmemleak_alloc+0x1e/0x28 [<00000000018927a7>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x11e/0x178 [<000000002aea8d16>] sf_pdma_prep_dma_memcpy+0x40/0x112 Add the missing kfree() to sf_pdma_free_desc(), and remove the redundant in_use flag.
Affected versions
Linux kernel versions
5.15.61,
5.10.137,
5.18.18,
5.19.2,
6.0
and later are affected. Fixed in
5.15.99,
6.1.16,
6.2.3,
6.3
and their respective stable series.
References
The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-54020 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03fece43fa109beba7cc9948c02f5e2d1205d607
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bd5040bd43f2b5ba3c898b09a3197a0c7ace126
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad222c9af25e3f074c180e389b3477dce42afc4f
Frequently asked questions
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What is CVE-2023-54020?
CVE-2023-54020 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.15.61 onward and has been patched in 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3 and others. CVE-2023-54020 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-54020?
Yes — CVE-2023-54020 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.15.61 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
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Is CVE-2023-54020 actively exploited?
No — CVE-2023-54020 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.