CVE-2023-52447

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.9.0-5.10.213 - Use-After-Free in BPF Inner Map Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Defer the free of inner map when necessary When updating or deleting an inner map in map array or map htab, the map may still be accessed by non-sleepable program or sleepable program. However bpf_map_fd_put_ptr() decreases the ref-counter of the inner map directly through bpf_map_put(), if the ref-counter is the last one (which is true for most cases), the inner map will be freed by ops->map_free() in a kworker. But for now, most .map_free() callbacks don't use synchronize_rcu() or its variants to wait for the elapse of a RCU grace period, so after the invocation of ops->map_free completes, the bpf program which is accessing the inner map may incur use-after-free problem. Fix the free of inner map by invoking bpf_map_free_deferred() after both one RCU grace period and one tasks trace RCU grace period if the inner map has been removed from the outer map before. The deferment is accomplished by using call_rcu() or call_rcu_tasks_trace() when releasing the last ref-counter of bpf map. The newly-added rcu_head field in bpf_map shares the same storage space with work field to reduce the size of bpf_map.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 16.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (15)
Linux/Linux < 5.9
Linux/Linux 5.10.214 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.153 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.9
Linux/Linux 6.1.75 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.14 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.7.2 - 6.7.*
Linux/Linux 6.8
Linux/Linux bba1dc0b55ac462d24ed1228ad49800c238cd6d7 - 37d98fb9c3144c0fddf7f6e99aece9927ac8dce6
Linux/Linux bba1dc0b55ac462d24ed1228ad49800c238cd6d7 - 62fca83303d608ad4fec3f7428c8685680bb01b0
... and 5 more
Published Feb 22, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026