CVE-2023-53221

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.10.28-5.11 - Use-After-Free in BPF Trampoline Image

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix memleak due to fentry attach failure If it fails to attach fentry, the allocated bpf trampoline image will be left in the system. That can be verified by checking /proc/kallsyms. This meamleak can be verified by a simple bpf program as follows: SEC("fentry/trap_init") int fentry_run() { return 0; } It will fail to attach trap_init because this function is freed after kernel init, and then we can find the trampoline image is left in the system by checking /proc/kallsyms. $ tail /proc/kallsyms ffffffffc0613000 t bpf_trampoline_6442453466_1 [bpf] ffffffffc06c3000 t bpf_trampoline_6442453466_1 [bpf] $ bpftool btf dump file /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux | grep "FUNC 'trap_init'" [2522] FUNC 'trap_init' type_id=119 linkage=static $ echo $((6442453466 & 0x7fffffff)) 2522 Note that there are two left bpf trampoline images, that is because the libbpf will fallback to raw tracepoint if -EINVAL is returned.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 4.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/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-401
Status published
Products (16)
Linux/Linux < 5.12
Linux/Linux 5.10.28 - 5.11
Linux/Linux 5.11.11 - 5.12
Linux/Linux 5.12
Linux/Linux 6.1.39 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.3.13 - 6.3.*
Linux/Linux 6.4.4 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.5
Linux/Linux 85d177f56e5256e14b74a65940f981f6e3e8bb32
Linux/Linux e21aa341785c679dd409c8cb71f864c00fe6c463 - 108598c39eefbedc9882273ac0df96127a629220
... and 6 more
Published Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026