# CVE-2023-52837: nbd: fix uaf in nbd\_open

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-21 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nbd: fix uaf in nbd_open Commit 4af5f2e03013 ("nbd: use blk_mq_alloc_disk and blk_cleanup_disk") cleans up disk by blk_cleanup_disk() and it won't set disk->private_data as NULL as before. UAF may be triggered in nbd_open() if someone tries to open nbd device right after nbd_put() since nbd has been free in nbd_dev_remove(). Fix this by implementing ->free_disk and free private data in it.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e9b3ec84dc97909876641dad14e0a2300d6c2a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/879947f4180bc6e83af64eb0515e0cf57fce15db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56bd7901b5e9dbc9112036ea615ebcba1565fafe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/327462725b0f759f093788dfbcb2f1fd132f956b

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