CVE-2023-53003 EDAC/qcom: Do not pass llcc_driv_data as edac_device_ctl_info's pvt_info

What is CVE-2023-53003?

CVE-2023-53003 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

EDAC/qcom: Do not pass llcc_driv_data as edac_device_ctl_info's pvt_info

The memory for llcc_driv_data is allocated by the LLCC driver. But when it is passed as the private driver info to the EDAC core, it will get freed during the qcom_edac driver release. So when the qcom_edac driver gets probed again, it will try to use the freed data leading to the use-after-free bug.

Hence, do not pass llcc_driv_data as pvt_info but rather reference it using the platform_data pointer in the qcom_edac driver.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53003?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2023-53003?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2023-53003 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53003 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-53003, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53003, GHSA-9w4w-6v5v-wh95, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53003.