# CVE-2023-52974: scsi: iscsi\_tcp: Fix UAF during login when accessing the shost ipaddress

- 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=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-27 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.39

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: iscsi_tcp: Fix UAF during login when accessing the shost ipaddress If during iscsi_sw_tcp_session_create() iscsi_tcp_r2tpool_alloc() fails, userspace could be accessing the host's ipaddress attr. If we then free the session via iscsi_session_teardown() while userspace is still accessing the session we will hit a use after free bug. Set the tcp_sw_host->session after we have completed session creation and can no longer fail.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/496af9d3682ed4c28fb734342a09e6cc0c056ea4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6abd4698f4c8a78e7bbfc421205c060c199554a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4d765f4761f9e3a2d62992f825aeee593bcb6b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9758ffe1c07b86aefd7ca8e40d9a461293427ca0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0aaabdb900c7415caa2006ef580322f7eac5f6b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61e43ebfd243bcbad11be26bd921723027b77441
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f484a794e4ee2a9ce61f52a78e810ac45f3fe3b3

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