CVE-2023-52483
Published: Feb 29, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mctp: perform route lookups under a RCU read-side lock Our current route lookups (mctp_route_lookup and mctp_route_lookup_null) traverse the net's route list without the RCU read lock held. This means the route lookup is subject to preemption, resulting in an potential grace period expiry, and so an eventual kfree() while we still have the route pointer. Add the proper read-side critical section locks around the route lookups, preventing premption and a possible parallel kfree. The remaining net->mctp.routes accesses are already under a rcu_read_lock, or protected by the RTNL for updates. Based on an analysis from Sili Luo <[email protected]>, where introducing a delay in the route lookup could cause a UAF on simultaneous sendmsg() and route deletion.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 889b7da23abf92faf34491df95733bda63639e32 - < 6c52b12159049046483fdb0c411a0a1869c41a67affected 889b7da23abf92faf34491df95733bda63639e32 - < 1db0724a01b558feb1ecae551782add1951a114aaffected 889b7da23abf92faf34491df95733bda63639e32 - < 2405f64a95a7a094eb24cba9bcfaffd1ea264de4affected 889b7da23abf92faf34491df95733bda63639e32 - < 5093bbfc10ab6636b32728e35813cbd79feb063c |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.15unaffected 0 - < 5.15unaffected 5.15.137 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.59 - <= 6.1.*unaffected 6.5.8 - <= 6.5.*+1 more versions |
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