CVE-2023-54084
Published Dec 24, 2025
Modified Apr 15, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: firewire-digi00x: prevent potential use after free This code was supposed to return an error code if init_stream() failed, but it instead freed dg00x->rx_stream and returned success. This potentially leads to a use after free.
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References
Other References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13c5fa1248bf06e95a25907c1be83948b8c44c50
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5009aead17f060753428e249eb0246eb1c2f8b86
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67148395efa2c1fb20e98fca359b20e7a6c81fe4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbb5ac533ca6c4e2775a95388c9c0c610bb442b7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0e72058d5e21982e61a29de6b098f7c1f0db498
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee1a221d947809c0308f27567c07a3ac93406057
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2023-54084? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: firewire-digi00x: prevent potential use after free
This code was supposed to return an error code if init_stream()
failed, but it instead freed dg00x->rx_stream and returned success.
This potentially leads to a use after free.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2023-54084? +
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