CVE-2023-52795: vhost-vdpa: fix use after free in vhost_vdpa_probe()

First published: Tue May 21 2024(Updated: )

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost-vdpa: fix use after free in vhost_vdpa_probe() The put_device() calls vhost_vdpa_release_dev() which calls ida_simple_remove() and frees "v". So this call to ida_simple_remove() is a use after free and a double free.

Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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