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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2023-52446" idYear: 2023 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-02-22T16:21:38.408Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T19:27:29.463Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-52446" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-52446.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52446" title: "bpf: Fix a race condition between btf_put() and map_free()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix a race condition between btf_put() and map_free()\n\nWhen running `./test_progs -j` in my local vm with latest kernel,\nI once hit a kasan error like below:\n\n [ 1887.184724] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0\n [ 1887.185599] Read of size 4 at addr ffff888106806910 by task kworker/u12:2/2830\n [ 1887.186498]\n [ 1887.186712] CPU: 3 PID: 2830 Comm: kworker/u12:2 Tainted: G OEL 6.7.0-rc3-00699-g90679706d486-dirty #494\n [ 1887.188034] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n [ 1887.189618] Workqueue: events_unbound bpf_map_free_deferred\n [ 1887.190341] Call Trace:\n [ 1887.190666] \u003cTASK\u003e\n [ 1887.190949] dump_stack_lvl+0xac/0xe0\n [ 1887.191423] ? nf_tcp_handle_invalid+0x1b0/0x1b0\n [ 1887.192019] ? panic+0x3c0/0x3c0\n [ 1887.192449] print_report+0x14f/0x720\n [ 1887.192930] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0\n [ 1887.193459] ? __virt_addr_valid+0xac/0x120\n [ 1887.194004] ? bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0\n [ 1887.194572] kasan_report+0xc3/0x100\n [ 1887.195085] ? bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0\n [ 1887.195668] bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0\n [ 1887.196183] ? __bpf_obj_drop_impl+0xb0/0xb0\n [ 1887.196736] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0\n [ 1887.197270] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0\n [ 1887.197802] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x1f/0x40\n [ 1887.198319] bpf_obj_free_fields+0x1d4/0x260\n [ 1887.198883] array_map_free+0x1a3/0x260\n [ 1887.199380] bpf_map_free_deferred+0x7b/0xe0\n [ 1887.199943] process_scheduled_works+0x3a2/0x6c0\n [ 1887.200549] worker_thread+0x633/0x890\n [ 1887.201047] ? __kthread_parkme+0xd7/0xf0\n [ 1887.201574] ? kthread+0x102/0x1d0\n [ 1887.202020] kthread+0x1ab/0x1d0\n [ 1887.202447] ? pr_cont_work+0x270/0x270\n [ 1887.202954] ? kthread_blkcg+0x50/0x50\n [ 1887.203444] ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50\n [ 1887.203914] ? kthread_blkcg+0x50/0x50\n [ 1887.204397] ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20\n [ 1887.204913] \u003c/TASK\u003e\n [ 1887.204913] \u003c/TASK\u003e\n [ 1887.205209]\n [ 1887.205416] Allocated by task 2197:\n [ 1887.205881] kasan_set_track+0x3f/0x60\n [ 1887.206366] __kasan_kmalloc+0x6e/0x80\n [ 1887.206856] __kmalloc+0xac/0x1a0\n [ 1887.207293] btf_parse_fields+0xa15/0x1480\n [ 1887.207836] btf_parse_struct_metas+0x566/0x670\n [ 1887.208387] btf_new_fd+0x294/0x4d0\n [ 1887.208851] __sys_bpf+0x4ba/0x600\n [ 1887.209292] __x64_sys_bpf+0x41/0x50\n [ 1887.209762] do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xf0\n [ 1887.210222] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b\n [ 1887.210868]\n [ 1887.211074] Freed by task 36:\n [ 1887.211460] kasan_set_track+0x3f/0x60\n [ 1887.211951] kasan_save_free_info+0x28/0x40\n [ 1887.212485] ____kasan_slab_free+0x101/0x180\n [ 1887.213027] __kmem_cache_free+0xe4/0x210\n [ 1887.213514] btf_free+0x5b/0x130\n [ 1887.213918] rcu_core+0x638/0xcc0\n [ 1887.214347] __do_softirq+0x114/0x37e\n\nThe error happens at bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0:\n\n 00000000000034c0 \u003cbpf_rb_root_free\u003e:\n ; {\n 34c0: f3 0f 1e fa endbr64\n 34c4: e8 00 00 00 00 callq 0x34c9 \u003cbpf_rb_root_free+0x9\u003e\n 34c9: 55 pushq %rbp\n 34ca: 48 89 e5 movq %rsp, %rbp\n ...\n ; if (rec && rec-\u003erefcount_off \u003e= 0 &&\n 36aa: 4d 85 ed testq %r13, %r13\n 36ad: 74 a9 je 0x3658 \u003cbpf_rb_root_free+0x198\u003e\n 36af: 49 8d 7d 10 leaq 0x10(%r13), %rdi\n 36b3: e8 00 00 00 00 callq 0x36b8 \u003cbpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8\u003e\n \u003c==== kasan function\n 36b8: 45 8b 7d 10 movl 0x10(%r13), %r15d\n \u003c==== use-after-free load\n 36bc: 45 85 ff testl %r15d, %r15d\n 36bf: 78 8c js 0x364d \u003cbpf_rb_root_free+0x18d\u003e\n\nSo the problem \n---truncated---" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"958cf2e273f0929c66169e0788031310e8118722","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d048dced8ea5eac6723ae873a40567e6f101ea42"},{"version":"958cf2e273f0929c66169e0788031310e8118722","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f9ff6ef1c73cd9e1a6bb1ab3e57c5d141a536306"},{"version":"958cf2e273f0929c66169e0788031310e8118722","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"59e5791f59dd83e8aa72a4e74217eabb6e8cfd90"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.2"},{"version":"6.6.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.7.*"},{"version":"6.8","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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