CVE-2023-53987

Linux Kernel 6.0.0-6.1.23, 6.2.0-6.2.10 - Denial of Service via /proc/net/icmp NULL Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ping: Fix potentail NULL deref for /proc/net/icmp. After commit dbca1596bbb0 ("ping: convert to RCU lookups, get rid of rwlock"), we use RCU for ping sockets, but we should use spinlock for /proc/net/icmp to avoid a potential NULL deref mentioned in the previous patch. Let's go back to using spinlock there. Note we can convert ping sockets to use hlist instead of hlist_nulls because we do not use SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU for ping sockets.

Scores

EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 7.0%

Details

Status published
Products (12)
linux/Kernel 6.0.0 - 6.1.24linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.2.11linux
Linux/Linux < 6.0
Linux/Linux 5.19.2 - 5.20
Linux/Linux 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.1.24 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2.11 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux 6.3
Linux/Linux dbca1596bbb08318f5e3b3b99f8ca0a0d3830a65 - 176cbb6da28f36506cc60a4bec4ab8df0c16713a
Linux/Linux dbca1596bbb08318f5e3b3b99f8ca0a0d3830a65 - 5a08a32e624908890aa0a2eb442bb6a7669891a8
... and 2 more
Published Dec 24, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026