# CVE-2023-54308: ALSA: ymfpci: Create card with device-managed snd_devm_card_new()

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel ALSA ymfpci driver causes a system crash when the module is unloaded.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2023-54308, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54308, GHSA-3j26-wpvv-9xc2, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54308

## What is CVE-2023-54308?

CVE-2023-54308 is a high-severity 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:

ALSA: ymfpci: Create card with device-managed snd_devm_card_new()

snd_card_ymfpci_remove() was removed in commit c6e6bb5eab74 ("ALSA:
ymfpci: Allocate resources with device-managed APIs"), but the call to
snd_card_new() was not replaced with snd_devm_card_new().

Since there was no longer a call to snd_card_free, unloading the module
would eventually result in Oops:

[697561.532887] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffc0924480
[697561.532893] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[697561.532896] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[697561.532899] PGD ae1e15067 P4D ae1e15067 PUD ae1e17067 PMD 11a8f5067 PTE 0
[697561.532905] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[697561.532909] CPU: 21 PID: 5080 Comm: wireplumber Tainted: G        W  OE      6.2.7 #1
[697561.532914] Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/TUF GAMING X570-PLUS, BIOS 4408 10/28/2022
[697561.532916] RIP: 0010:try_module_get.part.0+0x1a/0xe0
[697561.532924] Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 55 41 54 49 89 fc bf 01 00 00 00 e8 56 3c f8 ff <41> 83 3c 24 02 0f 84 96 00 00 00 41 8b 84 24 30 03 00 00 85 c0 0f
[697561.532927] RSP: 0018:ffffbe9b858c3bd8 EFLAGS: 00010246
[697561.532930] RAX: ffff9815d14f1900 RBX: ffff9815c14e6000 RCX: 0000000000000000
[697561.532933] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffc055092c RDI: ffffffffb3778c1a
[697561.532935] RBP: ffffbe9b858c3be8 R08: 0000000000000040 R09: ffff981a1a741380
[697561.532937] R10: ffffbe9b858c3c80 R11: 00000009d56533a6 R12: ffffffffc0924480
[697561.532939] R13: ffff9823439d8500 R14: 0000000000000025 R15: ffff9815cd109f80
[697561.532942] FS:  00007f13084f1f80(0000) GS:ffff9824aef40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[697561.532945] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[697561.532947] CR2: ffffffffc0924480 CR3: 0000000145344000 CR4: 0000000000350ee0
[697561.532949] Call Trace:
[697561.532951]  <TASK>
[697561.532955]  try_module_get+0x13/0x30
[697561.532960]  snd_ctl_open+0x61/0x1c0 [snd]
[697561.532976]  snd_open+0xb4/0x1e0 [snd]
[697561.532989]  chrdev_open+0xc7/0x240
[697561.532995]  ? fsnotify_perm.part.0+0x6e/0x160
[697561.533000]  ? __pfx_chrdev_open+0x10/0x10
[697561.533005]  do_dentry_open+0x169/0x440
[697561.533009]  vfs_open+0x2d/0x40
[697561.533012]  path_openat+0xa9d/0x10d0
[697561.533017]  ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20
[697561.533022]  ? trigger_load_balance+0x65/0x370
[697561.533026]  do_filp_open+0xb2/0x160
[697561.533032]  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x19/0x40
[697561.533036]  ? alloc_fd+0xa9/0x190
[697561.533040]  do_sys_openat2+0x9f/0x160
[697561.533044]  __x64_sys_openat+0x55/0x90
[697561.533048]  do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
[697561.533052]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
[697561.533056] RIP: 0033:0x7f1308a40db4
[697561.533059] Code: 24 20 eb 8f 66 90 44 89 54 24 0c e8 46 68 f8 ff 44 8b 54 24 0c 44 89 e2 48 89 ee 41 89 c0 bf 9c ff ff ff b8 01 01 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 32 44 89 c7 89 44 24 0c e8 78 68 f8 ff 8b 44
[697561.533062] RSP: 002b:00007ffcce664450 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
[697561.533066] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00007f1308a40db4
[697561.533068] RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: 00007ffcce664690 RDI: 00000000ffffff9c
[697561.533070] RBP: 00007ffcce664690 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000012
[697561.533072] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000080000
[697561.533074] R13: 00007f13054b069b R14: 0000565209f83200 R15: 0000000000000000
[697561.533078]  </TASK>

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-54308?


## How do I fix CVE-2023-54308?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2023-54308 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54308 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-54308 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-54308 is a high-severity 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54308 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54308/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54308/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54308
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54308
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-54308

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