CVE-2023-53660

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.15-5.15.126 - Use-After-Free in BPF CPU Map Entry Cleanup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, cpumap: Handle skb as well when clean up ptr_ring The following warning was reported when running xdp_redirect_cpu with both skb-mode and stress-mode enabled: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Incorrect XDP memory type (-2128176192) usage WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 1442 at net/core/xdp.c:405 Modules linked in: CPU: 7 PID: 1442 Comm: kworker/7:0 Tainted: G 6.5.0-rc2+ #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) Workqueue: events __cpu_map_entry_free RIP: 0010:__xdp_return+0x1e4/0x4a0 ...... Call Trace: <TASK> ? show_regs+0x65/0x70 ? __warn+0xa5/0x240 ? __xdp_return+0x1e4/0x4a0 ...... xdp_return_frame+0x4d/0x150 __cpu_map_entry_free+0xf9/0x230 process_one_work+0x6b0/0xb80 worker_thread+0x96/0x720 kthread+0x1a5/0x1f0 ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x70 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 </TASK> The reason for the warning is twofold. One is due to the kthread cpu_map_kthread_run() is stopped prematurely. Another one is __cpu_map_ring_cleanup() doesn't handle skb mode and treats skbs in ptr_ring as XDP frames. Prematurely-stopped kthread will be fixed by the preceding patch and ptr_ring will be empty when __cpu_map_ring_cleanup() is called. But as the comments in __cpu_map_ring_cleanup() said, handling and freeing skbs in ptr_ring as well to "catch any broken behaviour gracefully".

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 4.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (15)
linux/Kernel 5.15.0 - 5.15.126linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.45linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.4.10linux
Linux/Linux < 5.15
Linux/Linux 11941f8a85362f612df61f4aaab0e41b64d2111d - 7c62b75cd1a792e14b037fa4f61f9b18914e7de1
Linux/Linux 11941f8a85362f612df61f4aaab0e41b64d2111d - 937345720d18f1ad006ba3d5dcb3fa121037b8a2
Linux/Linux 11941f8a85362f612df61f4aaab0e41b64d2111d - b58d34068fd9f96bfc7d389988dfaf9a92a8fe00
Linux/Linux 11941f8a85362f612df61f4aaab0e41b64d2111d - cbd000451885801e9bbfd9cf7a7946806a85cb5e
Linux/Linux 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.15.126 - 5.15.*
... and 5 more
Published Oct 07, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026