UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54309

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tpm: tpmvtpmproxy: fix a race condition in /dev/vtpmx creation /dev/vtpmx is made visible before 'workqueue' is initialized, which can lead to a memory corruption in the worst case scenario. Address this by initializing 'workqueu...

CVE-2023-54309

CVE-2023-54309 affects the Linux kernel TPM driver tpm_vtpm_proxy, where /dev/vtpmx was exposed before workqueue initialization, enabling a race condition that could lead to memory corruption. The root cause is the workqueue not being initialized as the first step of driver initialization; the fi...