high 7.8

CVE-2023-52847 json

media: bttv: fix use after free error due to btv->timeout timer

published 2024-05-21 2 y ago modified 2026-08-05 3 mo ago also EUVD-2023-59560

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits: 0; none known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

There may be some a race condition between timer function bttv_irq_timeout and bttv_remove. The timer is setup in probe and there is no timer_delete operation in remove function. When it hit kfree btv, the function might still be invoked, which will cause use after free bug.

This bug is found by static analysis, it may be false positive.

Fix it by adding del_timer_sync invoking to the remove function.

cpu0 cpu1 bttv_probe ->timer_setup ->bttv_set_dma ->mod_timer; bttv_remove ->kfree(btv); ->bttv_irq_timeout ->USE btv

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 6 links 8

Linux Linux 4.19.299, 5.4.261, 5.10.201, 5.15.139, 6.1.63, 6.5.12, 6.6.2, 6.7

debian ubuntu red hat suse almalinux rocky linux

linux Debian 12 6.1.64-1
linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.6.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52847

linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-173.191
linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-100.110
linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1120.130
linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1056.61
linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1124.133
linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1053.61
linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1052.57
linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1067.72

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52847

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

kernel-rt RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
kernel-rt-kvm RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
kernel-rt-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
kernel-rt-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
kernel-rt-debug-kvm RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
kernel-rt-debug-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
kernel-rt-debug-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
kernel-rt-modules-extra RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:5102 RHSA-2024:5101

kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-9.1
kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-9.1
kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-17.1.1.51
kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1 SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1

kernel AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
bpftool AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
kernel-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
kernel-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
python3-perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
kernel-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
kernel-zfcpdump AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:5101 ALSA-2024:5102

kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10.cloud.0.1
kernel-rt Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10
kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RXSA-2024:5101 RLSA-2024:5102 RLSA-2024:5101

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-52847 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 5.2

kernel: media: bttv: fix use after free error due to btv->timeout timer

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, kernel 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, bpftool 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, kernel-core 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, python3-perf 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, +15 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10, +2 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5102
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-25-226-15 updated 2026-02-25

Siemens SINEC OS

Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P (6GK6242-6PA00) Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family
not affected

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-06-10)

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
CWE-416 Use After Free

Technology feeds

Linux kernel rss critical rss

References

git.kernel.org /stable/c/bbc3b8dd2cb7817e703f112d988e4f4728f0f2a9
mailing-list, patch
git.kernel.org /stable/c/b35fdade92c5058a5e727e233fe263b828de2c9a
mailing-list, patch
git.kernel.org /stable/c/2f3d9198cdae1cb079ec8652f4defacd481eab2b
mailing-list, patch
git.kernel.org /stable/c/51c94256a83fe4e17406c66ff3e1ad7d242d8574
mailing-list, patch
git.kernel.org /stable/c/20568d06f6069cb835e05eed432edf962645d226
mailing-list, patch
git.kernel.org /stable/c/1871014d6ef4812ad11ef7d838d73ce09d632267
mailing-list, patch
git.kernel.org /stable/c/847599fffa528b2cdec4e21b6bf7586dad982132
mailing-list, patch
git.kernel.org /stable/c/bd5b50b329e850d467e7bcc07b2b6bde3752fbda
mailing-list, patch

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-52847
NVD CVE-2023-52847

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Summary