CVE-2023-53338
Published: Sep 17, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lwt: Fix return values of BPF xmit ops BPF encap ops can return different types of positive values, such like NET_RX_DROP, NET_XMIT_CN, NETDEV_TX_BUSY, and so on, from function skb_do_redirect and bpf_lwt_xmit_reroute. At the xmit hook, such return values would be treated implicitly as LWTUNNEL_XMIT_CONTINUE in ip(6)_finish_output2. When this happens, skbs that have been freed would continue to the neighbor subsystem, causing use-after-free bug and kernel crashes. To fix the incorrect behavior, skb_do_redirect return values can be simply discarded, the same as tc-egress behavior. On the other hand, bpf_lwt_xmit_reroute returns useful errors to local senders, e.g. PMTU information. Thus convert its return values to avoid the conflict with LWTUNNEL_XMIT_CONTINUE.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 3a0af8fd61f90920f6fa04e4f1e9a6a73c1b4fd2 - < 67f8f2bae8e7ac72e09def2b667e44704c4d1ee1affected 3a0af8fd61f90920f6fa04e4f1e9a6a73c1b4fd2 - < a97f221651fcdc891166e9bc270e3d9bfa5a0080affected 3a0af8fd61f90920f6fa04e4f1e9a6a73c1b4fd2 - < e3f647e4b642f9f6d32795a16f92c116c138d2afaffected 3a0af8fd61f90920f6fa04e4f1e9a6a73c1b4fd2 - < 065d5f17096ec9161180e2c890afdff4dc6125f2affected 3a0af8fd61f90920f6fa04e4f1e9a6a73c1b4fd2 - < d68c17402442f5f494a2c3ebde5cb82f6aa9160a+2 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.10unaffected 0 - < 4.10unaffected 5.4.257 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.195 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.132 - <= 5.15.*+4 more versions |
References
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