CVE-2023-53635
Published: Oct 7, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: conntrack: fix wrong ct->timeout value (struct nf_conn)->timeout is an interval before the conntrack confirmed. After confirmed, it becomes a timestamp. It is observed that timeout of an unconfirmed conntrack: - Set by calling ctnetlink_change_timeout(). As a result, `nfct_time_stamp` was wrongly added to `ct->timeout` twice. - Get by calling ctnetlink_dump_timeout(). As a result, `nfct_time_stamp` was wrongly subtracted. Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl ctnetlink_dump_timeout __ctnetlink_glue_build ctnetlink_glue_build __nfqnl_enqueue_packet nf_queue nf_hook_slow ip_mc_output ? __pfx_ip_finish_output ip_send_skb ? __pfx_dst_output udp_send_skb udp_sendmsg ? __pfx_ip_generic_getfrag sock_sendmsg Separate the 2 cases in: - Setting `ct->timeout` in __nf_ct_set_timeout(). - Getting `ct->timeout` in ctnetlink_dump_timeout(). Pablo appends: Update ctnetlink to set up the timeout _after_ the IPS_CONFIRMED flag is set on, otherwise conntrack creation via ctnetlink breaks. Note that the problem described in this patch occurs since the introduction of the nfnetlink_queue conntrack support, select a sufficiently old Fixes: tag for -stable kernel to pick up this fix.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected a4b4766c3cebb4018167e06b863d8e95b7274757 - < 80c5ba0078e20d926d11d0778f9a43902664ebf0affected a4b4766c3cebb4018167e06b863d8e95b7274757 - < ff5e4ac8dd7be7f1faba955c5779a68571eeb0f8affected a4b4766c3cebb4018167e06b863d8e95b7274757 - < f612ae1ab4793701caf39386fb3b7f4b3ef44e48affected a4b4766c3cebb4018167e06b863d8e95b7274757 - < 73db1b8f2bb6725b7391e85aab41fdf592b3c0c1 |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.4unaffected 0 - < 4.4unaffected 6.1.28 - <= 6.1.*unaffected 6.2.15 - <= 6.2.*unaffected 6.3.2 - <= 6.3.*+1 more versions |
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