CVE-2023-53020

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Race Condition in l2tp_tunnel_register

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: l2tp: close all race conditions in l2tp_tunnel_register() The code in l2tp_tunnel_register() is racy in several ways: 1. It modifies the tunnel socket _after_ publishing it. 2. It calls setup_udp_tunnel_sock() on an existing socket without locking. 3. It changes sock lock class on fly, which triggers many syzbot reports. This patch amends all of them by moving socket initialization code before publishing and under sock lock. As suggested by Jakub, the l2tp lockdep class is not necessary as we can just switch to bh_lock_sock_nested().

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (12)
Linux/Linux < 3.6
Linux/Linux 3.6
Linux/Linux 37159ef2c1ae1e696b24b260b241209a19f92c60 - 0b2c59720e65885a394a017d0cf9cab118914682
Linux/Linux 37159ef2c1ae1e696b24b260b241209a19f92c60 - 2d77e5c0ad79004b5ef901895437e9cce6dfcc7e
Linux/Linux 37159ef2c1ae1e696b24b260b241209a19f92c60 - 77e8ed776cdb1a24b2aab8fe7c6f1f154235e1ce
Linux/Linux 37159ef2c1ae1e696b24b260b241209a19f92c60 - cef0845b6dcfa2f6c2c832e7f9622551456c741d
Linux/Linux 5.10.166 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.91 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.9 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2
... and 2 more
Published Mar 27, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026