{"id":"CVE-2023-52849","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"cxl/mem: Fix shutdown order","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncxl/mem: Fix shutdown order\n\nIra reports that removing cxl_mock_mem causes a crash with the following\ntrace:\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000044\n [..]\n RIP: 0010:cxl_region_decode_reset+0x7f/0x180 [cxl_core]\n [..]\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  cxl_region_detach+0xe8/0x210 [cxl_core]\n  cxl_decoder_kill_region+0x27/0x40 [cxl_core]\n  cxld_unregister+0x29/0x40 [cxl_core]\n  devres_release_all+0xb8/0x110\n  device_unbind_cleanup+0xe/0x70\n  device_release_driver_internal+0x1d2/0x210\n  bus_remove_device+0xd7/0x150\n  device_del+0x155/0x3e0\n  device_unregister+0x13/0x60\n  devm_release_action+0x4d/0x90\n  ? __pfx_unregister_port+0x10/0x10 [cxl_core]\n  delete_endpoint+0x121/0x130 [cxl_core]\n  devres_release_all+0xb8/0x110\n  device_unbind_cleanup+0xe/0x70\n  device_release_driver_internal+0x1d2/0x210\n  bus_remove_device+0xd7/0x150\n  device_del+0x155/0x3e0\n  ? lock_release+0x142/0x290\n  cdev_device_del+0x15/0x50\n  cxl_memdev_unregister+0x54/0x70 [cxl_core]\n\nThis crash is due to the clearing out the cxl_memdev's driver context\n(@cxlds) before the subsystem is done with it. 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