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Full vulnerability report · 2024
CVE-2023-52859High confidence

perf: hisi: Fix use-after-free when register pmu fails

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
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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-2023-59572

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: perf: hisi: Fix use-after-free when register pmu fails When we fail to register the uncore pmu, the pmu context may not been allocated. The error handing will call cpuhp_state_remove_instance() to call uncore pmu offline callback, which migrate the pmu context. Since that's liable to lead to some kind of use-after-free. Use cpuhp_state_remove_instance_nocalls() instead of cpuhp_state_remove_instance() so that the notifiers don't execute after the PMU device has been failed to register.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: hisi: Fix use-after-free when register pmu fails When we fail to register the uncore pmu, the pmu context may not been allocated. The error handing will call cpuhp_state_remove_instance() to call uncore pmu offline callback, which migrate the pmu context. Since that's liable to lead to some kind of use-after-free. Use cpuhp_state_remove_instance_nocalls() instead of cpuhp_state_remove_instance() so that the notifiers don't execute after the PMU device has been failed to register.

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: perf: hisi: Fix use-after-free when register pmu fails When we fail to register the uncore pmu, the pmu context may not been allocated. The error handing will call cpuhp_state_remove_instance() to call uncore pmu offline callback, which migrate the pmu context. Since that's liable to lead to some kind of use-after-free. Use cpuhp_state_remove_instance_nocalls() instead of cpuhp_state_remove_instance() so that the notifiers don't execute after the PMU device has been failed to register.

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.

BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2024-1197Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service und unspezifische Angriffe

Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux-Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen oder unspezifische Angriffe durchzuführen.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-1057Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware

d?id=CVE-2023-52835 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52837 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52837 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52840 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52840 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52842 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52842 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52845 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52845 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52846 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52846 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52849 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52849 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52851 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52851 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52854 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52854 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52859 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52859 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52866 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52866 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52867 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52867 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52877 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52877 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52881 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52881 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52885 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52885 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52886 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52886 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52898 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52898 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52901 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0840Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

Record?id=CVE-2023-1582 Référence CVE CVE-2023-2176 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2176 Référence CVE CVE-2023-3610 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3610 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52458 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52458 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52489 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52489 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52498 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52498 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52581 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52581 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52846 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52846 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52854 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52854 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52859 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52859 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52887 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52887 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52889 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52889 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52893 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52893 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52894 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52894 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52896 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52896 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52898 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52898 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52899 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52899 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52900 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0822Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2023-52340 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52489 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52489 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52502 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52502 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52581 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52581 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52668 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52668 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52688 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52688 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52735 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52735 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52772 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52772 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52846 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52846 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52859 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52859 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52885 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52885 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52886 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52886 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52887 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52887 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52889 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52889 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52893 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52893 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52894 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52894 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52896 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52896 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52898 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0779Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2023-52668 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52688 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52688 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52708 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52708 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52735 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52735 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52756 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52756 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52766 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52766 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52800 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52800 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52802 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52802 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52854 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52854 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52859 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52859 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52885 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52885 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52886 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52886 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52887 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52887 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52889 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52889 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52893 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52893 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52894 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52894 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52896 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52896 Référence CVE CVE-2023-52898 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
3bf30882c3c7b6e376d9d6d04082c9aa2d2ac30a < 0e1e88bba286621b886218363de07b319d6208b2; 3bf30882c3c7b6e376d9d6d04082c9aa2d2ac30a < b660420f449d094b1fabfa504889810b3a63cdd5; 3bf30882c3c7b6e376d9d6d04082c9aa2d2ac30a < 3405f364f82d4f5407a8b4c519dc15d24b847fda; 3bf30882c3c7b6e376d9d6d04082c9aa2d2ac30a < 75bab28ffd05ec8879c197890b1bd1dfec8d3f63; 3bf30882c3c7b6e376d9d6d04082c9aa2d2ac30a < b805cafc604bfdb671fae7347a57f51154afa735; 5.13
Fixed
< 5.13; 5.15.139 ≤ 5.15.*; 6.1.63 ≤ 6.1.*; 6.5.12 ≤ 6.5.*; 6.6.2 ≤ 6.6.*; 6.7 ≤ *
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 21 May 2024 · Last source change 11 May 2026, 19:34 UTC · CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
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-2023-59572
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD enriched

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.
Free version - for non-commercial use only.CVE-2023-52859 · cve.blacktree.nl