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CVE-2023-53585

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Identifier year (not publication year)
2023
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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bpf: reject unhashed sockets in bpf_sk_assign

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: reject unhashed sockets in bpf_sk_assign The semantics for bpf_sk_assign are as follows: sk = some_lookup_func() bpf_sk_assign(skb, sk) bpf_sk_release(sk) That is, the sk is not consumed by bpf_sk_assign. The function therefore needs to make sure that sk lives long enough to be consumed from __inet_lookup_skb. The path through the stack for a TCPv4 packet is roughly: netif_receive_skb_core: takes RCU read lock __netif_receive_skb_core: sch_handle_ingress: tcf_classify: bpf_sk_assign() deliver_ptype_list_skb: deliver_skb: ip_packet_type->func == ip_rcv: ip_rcv_core: ip_rcv_finish_core: dst_input: ip_local_deliver: ip_local_deliver_finish: ip_protocol_deliver_rcu: tcp_v4_rcv: __inet_lookup_skb: skb_steal_sock The existing helper takes advantage of the fact that everything happens in the same RCU critical section: for sockets with SOCK_RCU_FREE set bpf_sk_assign never takes a reference. skb_steal_sock then checks SOCK_RCU_FREE again and does sock_put if necessary. This approach assumes that SOCK_RCU_FREE is never set on a sk between bpf_sk_assign and skb_steal_sock, but this invariant is violated by unhashed UDP sockets. A new UDP socket is created in TCP_CLOSE state but without SOCK_RCU_FREE set. That flag is only added in udp_lib_get_port() which happens when a socket is bound. When bpf_sk_assign was added it wasn't possible to access unhashed UDP sockets from BPF, so this wasn't a problem. This changed in commit 0c48eefae712 ("sock_map: Lift socket state restriction for datagram sockets"), but the helper wasn't adjusted accordingly. The following sequence of events will therefore lead to a refcount leak: 1. Add socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM) to a sockmap. 2. Pull socket out of sockmap and bpf_sk_assign it. Since SOCK_RCU_FREE is not set we increment the refcount. 3. bind() or connect() the socket, setting SOCK_RCU_FREE. 4. skb_steal_sock will now set refcounted = false due to SOCK_RCU_FREE. 5. tcp_v4_rcv() skips sock_put(). Fix the problem by rejecting unhashed sockets in bpf_sk_assign(). This matches the behaviour of __inet_lookup_skb which is ultimately the goal of bpf_sk_assign().

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)
cf7fbe660f2dbd738ab58aea8e9b0ca6ad232449affectedgit791a12102e5191dcb6ce0b3a99d71b5a2802d12aUnavailableNone listed
cf7fbe660f2dbd738ab58aea8e9b0ca6ad232449affectedgit7dcbc0bb0e5cc1823923744befce59ac353135e6UnavailableNone listed
cf7fbe660f2dbd738ab58aea8e9b0ca6ad232449affectedgitc0ce0fb76610d5fad31f56f2ca8241a2a6717a1bUnavailableNone listed
cf7fbe660f2dbd738ab58aea8e9b0ca6ad232449affectedgit8aa43cfbb68b25119d2ced14ec717173e2901fa2UnavailableNone listed
cf7fbe660f2dbd738ab58aea8e9b0ca6ad232449affectedgit3d4522f59fb748a54446846522941a4f09da63e9UnavailableNone listed
cf7fbe660f2dbd738ab58aea8e9b0ca6ad232449affectedgit67312adc96b5a585970d03b62412847afe2c6b01UnavailableNone 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)
5.7affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver5.7UnavailableNone listed
5.10.195unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.10.*None listed
5.15.132unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.15.*None listed
6.1.53unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.1.*None listed
6.4.16unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.4.*None listed
6.5.3unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.5.*None listed
6.6unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed