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CVE-2023-52483

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2023
Source publication
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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mctp: perform route lookups under a RCU read-side lock

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mctp: perform route lookups under a RCU read-side lock Our current route lookups (mctp_route_lookup and mctp_route_lookup_null) traverse the net's route list without the RCU read lock held. This means the route lookup is subject to preemption, resulting in an potential grace period expiry, and so an eventual kfree() while we still have the route pointer. Add the proper read-side critical section locks around the route lookups, preventing premption and a possible parallel kfree. The remaining net->mctp.routes accesses are already under a rcu_read_lock, or protected by the RTNL for updates. Based on an analysis from Sili Luo <rootlab@huawei.com>, where introducing a delay in the route lookup could cause a UAF on simultaneous sendmsg() and route deletion.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
889b7da23abf92faf34491df95733bda63639e32affectedgit6c52b12159049046483fdb0c411a0a1869c41a67UnavailableNone listed
889b7da23abf92faf34491df95733bda63639e32affectedgit1db0724a01b558feb1ecae551782add1951a114aUnavailableNone listed
889b7da23abf92faf34491df95733bda63639e32affectedgit2405f64a95a7a094eb24cba9bcfaffd1ea264de4UnavailableNone listed
889b7da23abf92faf34491df95733bda63639e32affectedgit5093bbfc10ab6636b32728e35813cbd79feb063cUnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
5.15affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver5.15UnavailableNone listed
5.15.137unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.15.*None listed
6.1.59unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.1.*None listed
6.5.8unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.5.*None listed
6.6unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed