CVE-2023-53816
High
drm/amdkfd: fix potential kgd_mem UAFs
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: fix potential kgd_mem UAFs kgd_mem pointers returned by kfd_process_device_translate_handle are only guaranteed to be valid while p->mutex is held. As soon as the mutex is unlocked, another thread can free the BO.
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
December 9, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-53816
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: fix potential kgd_mem UAFs kgd_mem pointers returned by kfd_process_device_translate_handle are only guaranteed to be valid while p->mutex is held. As soon as the mutex is unlocked, another thread can free the BO.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5045360f3bb62ccd4f87202e33489f71f8bbc3fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ca14fb5552ac13a2402d306c0bd2379a71610ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9da050b0d9e04439d225a2ec3044af70cdfb3933
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53816.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53816