CVE-2023-54270 media: usb: siano: Fix use after free bugs caused by do_submit_urb
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Siano USB media driver allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-54270?
CVE-2023-54270 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 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:
media: usb: siano: Fix use after free bugs caused by do_submit_urb
There are UAF bugs caused by do_submit_urb(). One of the KASan reports is shown below:
[ 36.403605] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in worker_thread+0x4a2/0x890 [ 36.406105] Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880059600e8 by task kworker/0:2/49 [ 36.408316] [ 36.408867] CPU: 0 PID: 49 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc3-15798-g5a41237ad1d4-dir8 [ 36.411696] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g15584 [ 36.416157] Workqueue: 0x0 (events) [ 36.417654] Call Trace: [ 36.418546] <TASK> [ 36.419320] dump_stack_lvl+0x96/0xd0 [ 36.420522] print_address_description+0x75/0x350 [ 36.421992] print_report+0x11b/0x250 [ 36.423174] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x87/0xd0 [ 36.424806] ? __virt_addr_valid+0xcf/0x170 [ 36.426069] ? worker_thread+0x4a2/0x890 [ 36.427355] kasan_report+0x131/0x160 [ 36.428556] ? worker_thread+0x4a2/0x890 [ 36.430053] worker_thread+0x4a2/0x890 [ 36.431297] ? worker_clr_flags+0x90/0x90 [ 36.432479] kthread+0x166/0x190 [ 36.433493] ? kthread_blkcg+0x50/0x50 [ 36.434669] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 [ 36.435923] </TASK> [ 36.436684] [ 36.437215] Allocated by task 24: [ 36.438289] kasan_set_track+0x50/0x80 [ 36.439436] __kasan_kmalloc+0x89/0xa0 [ 36.440566] smsusb_probe+0x374/0xc90 [ 36.441920] usb_probe_interface+0x2d1/0x4c0 [ 36.443253] really_probe+0x1d5/0x580 [ 36.444539] __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x130 [ 36.446085] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x220 [ 36.447423] __device_attach_driver+0x19e/0x1b0 [ 36.448931] bus_for_each_drv+0xcb/0x110 [ 36.450217] __device_attach+0x132/0x1f0 [ 36.451470] bus_probe_device+0x59/0xf0 [ 36.452563] device_add+0x4ec/0x7b0 [ 36.453830] usb_set_configuration+0xc63/0xe10 [ 36.455230] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x3b/0x80 [ 36.456166] printk: console [ttyGS0] disabled [ 36.456569] usb_probe_device+0x90/0x110 [ 36.459523] really_probe+0x1d5/0x580 [ 36.461027] __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x130 [ 36.462465] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x220 [ 36.463847] __device_attach_driver+0x19e/0x1b0 [ 36.465229] bus_for_each_drv+0xcb/0x110 [ 36.466466] __device_attach+0x132/0x1f0 [ 36.467799] bus_probe_device+0x59/0xf0 [ 36.469010] device_add+0x4ec/0x7b0 [ 36.470125] usb_new_device+0x863/0xa00 [ 36.471374] hub_event+0x18c7/0x2220 [ 36.472746] process_one_work+0x34c/0x5b0 [ 36.474041] worker_thread+0x4b7/0x890 [ 36.475216] kthread+0x166/0x190 [ 36.476267] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 [ 36.477447] [ 36.478160] Freed by task 24: [ 36.479239] kasan_set_track+0x50/0x80 [ 36.480512] kasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x40 [ 36.481808] ____kasan_slab_free+0x122/0x1a0 [ 36.483173] __kmem_cache_free+0xc4/0x200 [ 36.484563] smsusb_term_device+0xcd/0xf0 [ 36.485896] smsusb_probe+0xc85/0xc90 [ 36.486976] usb_probe_interface+0x2d1/0x4c0 [ 36.488303] really_probe+0x1d5/0x580 [ 36.489498] __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x130 [ 36.491140] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x220 [ 36.492475] __device_attach_driver+0x19e/0x1b0 [ 36.493988] bus_for_each_drv+0xcb/0x110 [ 36.495171] __device_attach+0x132/0x1f0 [ 36.496617] bus_probe_device+0x59/0xf0 [ 36.497875] device_add+0x4ec/0x7b0 [ 36.498972] usb_set_configuration+0xc63/0xe10 [ 36.500264] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x3b/0x80 [ 36.501740] usb_probe_device+0x90/0x110 [ 36.503084] really_probe+0x1d5/0x580 [ 36.504241] __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x130 [ 36.505548] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x220 [ 36.506766] __device_attach_driver+0x19e/0x1b0 [ 36.508368] bus_for_each_drv+0xcb/0x110 [ 36.509646] __device_attach+0x132/0x1f0 [ 36.510911] bus_probe_device+0x59/0xf0 [ 36.512103] device_add+0x4ec/0x7b0 [ 36.513215] usb_new_device+0x863/0xa00 [ 36.514736] hub_event+0x18c7/0x2220 [ 36.516130] process_one_work+ ---truncated---
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-54270?
How do I fix CVE-2023-54270?
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-2023-54270 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54270 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-54270, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54270, GHSA-6jgm-8895-m249, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54270.