CVE-2023-52522
Published: Mar 2, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix possible store tearing in neigh_periodic_work() While looking at a related syzbot report involving neigh_periodic_work(), I found that I forgot to add an annotation when deleting an RCU protected item from a list. Readers use rcu_deference(*np), we need to use either rcu_assign_pointer() or WRITE_ONCE() on writer side to prevent store tearing. I use rcu_assign_pointer() to have lockdep support, this was the choice made in neigh_flush_dev().
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 767e97e1e0db0d0f3152cd2f3bd3403596aedbad - < 95eabb075a5902f4c0834ab1fb12dc35730c05afaffected 767e97e1e0db0d0f3152cd2f3bd3403596aedbad - < 2ea52a2fb8e87067e26bbab4efb8872639240eb0affected 767e97e1e0db0d0f3152cd2f3bd3403596aedbad - < 147d89ee41434b97043c2dcb17a97dc151859baaaffected 767e97e1e0db0d0f3152cd2f3bd3403596aedbad - < f82aac8162871e87027692b36af335a2375d4580affected 767e97e1e0db0d0f3152cd2f3bd3403596aedbad - < a75152d233370362eebedb2643592e7c883cc9fc+1 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 2.6.37unaffected 0 - < 2.6.37unaffected 5.4.258 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.198 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.135 - <= 5.15.*+3 more versions |
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