{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52468 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-52468 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-52468 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-52468 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52468 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52468/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52468/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-52468","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52468/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-52468","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2023-52468","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52468","GHSA-p88p-j9px-cq4j","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52468"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel class_register function can cause a crash when lockdep is enabled and a driver fails to register.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nclass: fix use-after-free in class_register()\n\nThe lock_class_key is still registered and can be found in\nlock_keys_hash hlist after subsys_private is freed in error\nhandler path.A task who iterate over the lock_keys_hash\nlater may cause use-after-free.So fix that up and unregister\nthe lock_class_key before kfree(cp).\n\nOn our platform, a driver fails to kset_register because of\ncreating duplicate filename '/class/xxx'.With Kasan enabled,\nit prints a invalid-access bug report.\n\nKASAN bug report:\n\nBUG: KASAN: invalid-access in lockdep_register_key+0x19c/0x1bc\nWrite of size 8 at addr 15ffff808b8c0368 by task modprobe/252\nPointer tag: [15], memory tag: [fe]\n\nCPU: 7 PID: 252 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G        W\n 6.6.0-mainline-maybe-dirty #1\n\nCall trace:\ndump_backtrace+0x1b0/0x1e4\nshow_stack+0x2c/0x40\ndump_stack_lvl+0xac/0xe0\nprint_report+0x18c/0x4d8\nkasan_report+0xe8/0x148\n__hwasan_store8_noabort+0x88/0x98\nlockdep_register_key+0x19c/0x1bc\nclass_register+0x94/0x1ec\ninit_module+0xbc/0xf48 [rfkill]\ndo_one_initcall+0x17c/0x72c\ndo_init_module+0x19c/0x3f8\n...\nMemory state around the buggy address:\nffffff808b8c0100: 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a\nffffff808b8c0200: 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe\n\u003effffff808b8c0300: fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe fe\n                                     ^\nffffff808b8c0400: 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03\n\nAs CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC is not set, Kasan reports invalid-access\nnot use-after-free here.In this case, modprobe is manipulating\nthe corrupted lock_keys_hash hlish where lock_class_key is already\nfreed before.\n\nIt's worth noting that this only can happen if lockdep is enabled,\nwhich is not true for normal system.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"class: fix use-after-free in class_register()","id":"CVE-2023-52468","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"drivers/amd/pm: fix a use-after-free in kv_parse_power_table","id":"CVE-2023-52469"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"mfd: syscon: Fix null pointer dereference in of_syscon_register()","id":"CVE-2023-52467"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2024-02-25","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel class_register function can cause a crash when lockdep is enabled and a driver fails to register.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52468/"}