CVE-2023-53995

Linux Kernel Memory Leak in __inet_del_ifa()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv4: fix one memleak in __inet_del_ifa() I got the below warning when do fuzzing test: unregister_netdevice: waiting for bond0 to become free. Usage count = 2 It can be repoduced via: ip link add bond0 type bond sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.bond0.promote_secondaries=1 ip addr add 4.117.174.103/0 scope 0x40 dev bond0 ip addr add 192.168.100.111/255.255.255.254 scope 0 dev bond0 ip addr add 0.0.0.4/0 scope 0x40 secondary dev bond0 ip addr del 4.117.174.103/0 scope 0x40 dev bond0 ip link delete bond0 type bond In this reproduction test case, an incorrect 'last_prim' is found in __inet_del_ifa(), as a result, the secondary address(0.0.0.4/0 scope 0x40) is lost. The memory of the secondary address is leaked and the reference of in_device and net_device is leaked. Fix this problem: Look for 'last_prim' starting at location of the deleted IP and inserting the promoted IP into the location of 'last_prim'.

Scores

EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.8%

Details

Status published
Products (19)
linux/Kernel 2.6.15 - 5.4.257linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.132linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.54linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.195linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.5.4linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.15
Linux/Linux 0ff60a45678e67b2547256a636fd00c1667ce4fa - 2f1e86014d0cc084886c36a2d77bc620e2d42618
Linux/Linux 0ff60a45678e67b2547256a636fd00c1667ce4fa - 42652af5360d30b43b06057c193739e7dfb18f42
Linux/Linux 0ff60a45678e67b2547256a636fd00c1667ce4fa - 5624f26a3574500ce23929cb2c9976a0dec9920a
Linux/Linux 0ff60a45678e67b2547256a636fd00c1667ce4fa - 7c8ddcdab1b900bed69cad6beef477fff116289e
... and 9 more
Published Dec 24, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026