# CVE-2024-53183: um: net: Do not use drvdata in release

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel UML network driver causes a kernel panic when removing a network device.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 27 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-53183, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53183, GHSA-m83p-mf5j-38hm, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53183

## What is CVE-2024-53183?

CVE-2024-53183 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 2024. 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:

um: net: Do not use drvdata in release

The drvdata is not available in release. Let's just use container_of()
to get the uml_net instance. Otherwise, removing a network device will
result in a crash:

RIP: 0033:net_device_release+0x10/0x6f
RSP: 00000000e20c7c40  EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 000000006002e4e7 RBX: 00000000600f1baf RCX: 00000000624074e0
RDX: 0000000062778000 RSI: 0000000060551c80 RDI: 00000000627af028
RBP: 00000000e20c7c50 R08: 00000000603ad594 R09: 00000000e20c7b70
R10: 000000000000135a R11: 00000000603ad422 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000062c7af00 R14: 0000000062406d60 R15: 00000000627700b6
Kernel panic - not syncing: Segfault with no mm
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 29 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6-g59b723cd2adb #1
Workqueue: events mc_work_proc
Stack:
 627af028 62c7af00 e20c7c80 60276fcd
 62778000 603f5820 627af028 00000000
 e20c7cb0 603a2bcd 627af000 62770010
Call Trace:
 [<60276fcd>] device_release+0x70/0xba
 [<603a2bcd>] kobject_put+0xba/0xe7
 [<60277265>] put_device+0x19/0x1c
 [<60281266>] platform_device_put+0x26/0x29
 [<60281e5f>] platform_device_unregister+0x2c/0x2e
 [<6002ec9c>] net_remove+0x63/0x69
 [<60031316>] ? mconsole_reply+0x0/0x50
 [<600310c8>] mconsole_remove+0x160/0x1cc
 [<60087d40>] ? __remove_hrtimer+0x38/0x74
 [<60087ff8>] ? hrtimer_try_to_cancel+0x8c/0x98
 [<6006b3cf>] ? dl_server_stop+0x3f/0x48
 [<6006b390>] ? dl_server_stop+0x0/0x48
 [<600672e8>] ? dequeue_entities+0x327/0x390
 [<60038fa6>] ? um_set_signals+0x0/0x43
 [<6003070c>] mc_work_proc+0x77/0x91
 [<60057664>] process_scheduled_works+0x1b3/0x2dd
 [<60055f32>] ? assign_work+0x0/0x58
 [<60057f0a>] worker_thread+0x1e9/0x293
 [<6005406f>] ? set_pf_worker+0x0/0x64
 [<6005d65d>] ? arch_local_irq_save+0x0/0x2d
 [<6005d748>] ? kthread_exit+0x0/0x3a
 [<60057d21>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x293
 [<6005dbf1>] kthread+0x126/0x12b
 [<600219c5>] new_thread_handler+0x85/0xb6

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53183?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-53183?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-53183 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53183 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-53183 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53183 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 2024. 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-2024-53183 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. 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-2024-53183/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53183/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53183
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53183
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53183

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.