CVE-2024-53184 um: ubd: Do not use drvdata in release

Medium 5.5 Published 27 Dec 2024 Updated 11 May 2026

A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel UBD driver causes a crash when removing a device, leading to denial of service.

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

What is CVE-2024-53184?

CVE-2024-53184 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: ubd: Do not use drvdata in release

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

RIP: 0033:blk_mq_free_tag_set+0x1f/0xba RSP: 00000000e2083bf0 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 000000006021463a RBX: 0000000000000348 RCX: 0000000062604d00 RDX: 0000000004208060 RSI: 00000000605241a0 RDI: 0000000000000348 RBP: 00000000e2083c10 R08: 0000000062414010 R09: 00000000601603f7 R10: 000000000000133a R11: 000000006038c4bd R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000060213a5c R14: 0000000062405d20 R15: 00000000604f7aa0 Kernel panic - not syncing: Segfault with no mm CPU: 0 PID: 17 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc3-00107-gba3f67c11638 #1 Workqueue: events mc_work_proc Stack: 00000000 604f7ef0 62c5d000 62405d20 e2083c30 6002c776 6002c755 600e47ff e2083c60 6025ffe3 04208060 603d36e0 Call Trace: [<6002c776>] ubd_device_release+0x21/0x55 [<6002c755>] ? ubd_device_release+0x0/0x55 [<600e47ff>] ? kfree+0x0/0x100 [<6025ffe3>] device_release+0x70/0xba [<60381d6a>] kobject_put+0xb5/0xe2 [<6026027b>] put_device+0x19/0x1c [<6026a036>] platform_device_put+0x26/0x29 [<6026ac5a>] platform_device_unregister+0x2c/0x2e [<6002c52e>] ubd_remove+0xb8/0xd6 [<6002bb74>] ? mconsole_reply+0x0/0x50 [<6002b926>] mconsole_remove+0x160/0x1cc [<6002bbbc>] ? mconsole_reply+0x48/0x50 [<6003379c>] ? um_set_signals+0x3b/0x43 [<60061c55>] ? update_min_vruntime+0x14/0x70 [<6006251f>] ? dequeue_task_fair+0x164/0x235 [<600620aa>] ? update_cfs_group+0x0/0x40 [<603a0e77>] ? __schedule+0x0/0x3ed [<60033761>] ? um_set_signals+0x0/0x43 [<6002af6a>] mc_work_proc+0x77/0x91 [<600520b4>] process_scheduled_works+0x1af/0x2c3 [<6004ede3>] ? assign_work+0x0/0x58 [<600527a1>] worker_thread+0x2f7/0x37a [<6004ee3b>] ? set_pf_worker+0x0/0x64 [<6005765d>] ? arch_local_irq_save+0x0/0x2d [<60058e07>] ? kthread_exit+0x0/0x3a [<600524aa>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x37a [<60058f9f>] kthread+0x130/0x135 [<6002068e>] new_thread_handler+0x85/0xb6

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53184?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-53184?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-53184 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-53184, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53184, GHSA-6phj-4x32-mh52, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53184.