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Full vulnerability report · 2024
CVE-2023-52503High confidence

tee: amdtee: fix use-after-free vulnerability in amdtee_close_session

Linux · Linux

7.8HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
Distribution package intelligence

Ubuntu vendor package status

Canonical’s release and source-package findings are shown separately from local repository availability.

2 package states
Repository candidate not checked

A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.

Ubuntu releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-azure-fdeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-raspi-realtimeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2023-57128

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tee: amdtee: fix use-after-free vulnerability in amdtee_close_session There is a potential race condition in amdtee_close_session that may cause use-after-free in amdtee_open_session. For instance, if a session has refcount == 1, and one thread tries to free this session via: kref_put(&sess->refcount, destroy_session); the reference count will get decremented, and the next step would be to call destroy_session(). However, if in another thread, amdtee_open_session() is called before destroy_session() has completed execution, alloc_session() may return 'sess' that will be freed up later in destroy_session() leading to use-after-free in amdtee_open_session. To fix this issue, treat decrement of sess->refcount and removal of 'sess' from session list in destroy_session() as a critical section, so that it is executed atomically.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tee: amdtee: fix use-after-free vulnerability in amdtee_close_session There is a potential race condition in amdtee_close_session that may cause use-after-free in amdtee_open_session. For instance, if a session has refcount == 1, and one thread tries to free this session via: kref_put(&sess->refcount, destroy_session); the reference count will get decremented, and the next step would be to call destroy_session(). However, if in another thread, amdtee_open_session() is called before destroy_session() has completed execution, alloc_session() may return 'sess' that will be freed up later in destroy_session() leading to use-after-free in amdtee_open_session. To fix this issue, treat decrement of sess->refcount and removal of 'sess' from session list in destroy_session() as a critical section, so that it is executed atomically.

Why

The program can continue using memory after it has been released, producing unsafe and attacker-influenceable behaviour.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tee: amdtee: fix use-after-free vulnerability in amdtee_close_session There is a potential race condition in amdtee_close_session that may cause use-after-free in amdtee_open_session. For instance, if a session has refcount == 1, and one thread tries to free this session via: kref_put(&sess->refcount, destroy_session); the reference count will get decremented, and the next step would be to call destroy_session(). However, if in another thread, amdtee_open_session() is called before destroy_session() has completed execution, alloc_session() may return 'sess' that will be freed up later in destroy_session() leading to use-after-free in amdtee_open_session. To fix this issue, treat decrement of sess->refcount and removal of 'sess' from session list in destroy_session() as a critical section, so that it is executed atomically.

Why

The program can continue using memory after it has been released, producing unsafe and attacker-influenceable behaviour.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → Use After Free → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-416

CWE-416: Use After Free. The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
CWE-416
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0717Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

rd?id=CVE-2023-1582 Référence CVE CVE-2023-31315 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31315 Référence CVE CVE-2023-37453 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37453 Référence CVE CVE-2023-38417 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38417 Référence CVE CVE-2023-47210 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47210 Référence CVE CVE-2023-51780 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-51780 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52435 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52435 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52458 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52458 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52472 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52472 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52503 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52503 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52573 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52573 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52580 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52580 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52591 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52591 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52594 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52594 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52612 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52612 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52615 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52615 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52616 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52616 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52618 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0526Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2023-52340 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52433 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52433 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52434 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52434 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52458 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52458 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52463 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52463 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52472 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52472 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52483 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52483 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52492 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52492 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52502 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52502 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52503 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52503 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52527 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52527 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52581 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52581 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52586 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52586 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52591 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52591 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52608 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52608 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52616 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52616 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52618 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52618 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52628 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0420Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2023-52454 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52469 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52469 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52470 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52470 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52474 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52474 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52476 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52476 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52477 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52477 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52486 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52486 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52488 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52488 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52500 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52500 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52503 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52503 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52509 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52509 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52515 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52515 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52524 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52524 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52528 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52528 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52561 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52561 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52575 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52575 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52583 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52583 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52585 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0363Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2023-52486 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52488 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52488 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52492 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52492 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52493 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52493 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52494 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52494 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52497 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52497 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52500 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52500 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52501 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52501 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52502 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52502 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52503 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52503 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52504 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52504 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52507 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52507 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52508 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52508 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52509 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52509 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52510 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52510 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52511 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52511 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52513 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52513 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52515 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
757cc3e9ff1d72d014096399d6e2bf03974d9da1 < da7ce52a2f6c468946195b116615297d3d113a27; 757cc3e9ff1d72d014096399d6e2bf03974d9da1 < 1680c82929bc14d706065f123dab77f2f1293116; 757cc3e9ff1d72d014096399d6e2bf03974d9da1 < 60c3e7a00db954947c265b55099c21b216f2a05c; 757cc3e9ff1d72d014096399d6e2bf03974d9da1 < 1c95574350cd63bc3c5c2fa06658010768f2a0ce; 757cc3e9ff1d72d014096399d6e2bf03974d9da1 < f4384b3e54ea813868bb81a861bf5b2406e15d8f; 5.6
Fixed
< 5.6; 5.10.199 ≤ 5.10.*; 5.15.136 ≤ 5.15.*; 6.1.59 ≤ 6.1.*; 6.5.8 ≤ 6.5.*; 6.6 ≤ *
Action
Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 2 Mar 2024 · Last source change 5 Aug 2026, 09:10 UTC · CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-57128
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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