CVE-2023-52885
SUNRPC: Fix UAF in svc_tcp_listen_data_ready()
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: Fix UAF in svc_tcp_listen_data_ready() After the listener svc_sock is freed, and before invoking svc_tcp_accept() for the established child sock, there is a window that the newsock retaining a freed listener svc_sock in sk_user_data which cloning from parent. In the race window, if data is received on the newsock, we will observe use-after-free report in svc_tcp_listen_data_ready(). Reproduce by two tasks: 1. while :; do rpc.nfsd 0 ; rpc.nfsd; done 2. while :; do echo "" | ncat -4 127.0.0.1 2049 ; done KASAN report: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in svc_tcp_listen_data_ready+0x1cf/0x1f0 [sunrpc] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888139d96228 by task nc/102553 CPU: 7 PID: 102553 Comm: nc Not tainted 6.3.0+ #18 Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 11/12/2020 Call Trace: <IRQ> dump_stack_lvl+0x33/0x50 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x27/0x310 print_report+0x3e/0x70 kasan_report+0xae/0xe0 svc_tcp_listen_data_ready+0x1cf/0x1f0 [sunrpc] tcp_data_queue+0x9f4/0x20e0 tcp_rcv_established+0x666/0x1f60 tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x51c/0x850 tcp_v4_rcv+0x23fc/0x2e80 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x62/0x300 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x267/0x350 ip_local_deliver+0x18b/0x2d0 ip_rcv+0x2fb/0x370 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x166/0x1b0 process_backlog+0x24c/0x5e0 __napi_poll+0xa2/0x500 net_rx_action+0x854/0xc90 __do_softirq+0x1bb/0x5de do_softirq+0xcb/0x100 </IRQ> <TASK> ... </TASK> Allocated by task 102371: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 __kasan_kmalloc+0x7b/0x90 svc_setup_socket+0x52/0x4f0 [sunrpc] svc_addsock+0x20d/0x400 [sunrpc] __write_ports_addfd+0x209/0x390 [nfsd] write_ports+0x239/0x2c0 [nfsd] nfsctl_transaction_write+0xac/0x110 [nfsd] vfs_write+0x1c3/0xae0 ksys_write+0xed/0x1c0 do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc Freed by task 102551: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x2a/0x50 __kasan_slab_free+0x106/0x190 __kmem_cache_free+0x133/0x270 svc_xprt_free+0x1e2/0x350 [sunrpc] svc_xprt_destroy_all+0x25a/0x440 [sunrpc] nfsd_put+0x125/0x240 [nfsd] nfsd_svc+0x2cb/0x3c0 [nfsd] write_threads+0x1ac/0x2a0 [nfsd] nfsctl_transaction_write+0xac/0x110 [nfsd] vfs_write+0x1c3/0xae0 ksys_write+0xed/0x1c0 do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc Fix the UAF by simply doing nothing in svc_tcp_listen_data_ready() if state != TCP_LISTEN, that will avoid dereferencing svsk for all child socket.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 54 days later
· 54 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected fa9251afc33c81606d70cfe91800a779096442ec – < c7b8c2d06e437639694abe76978e915cfb73f428
- affected fa9251afc33c81606d70cfe91800a779096442ec – < dfc896c4a75cb8cd7cb2dfd9b469cf1e3f004254
- affected fa9251afc33c81606d70cfe91800a779096442ec – < 42725e5c1b181b757ba11d804443922982334d9b
- affected fa9251afc33c81606d70cfe91800a779096442ec – < cd5ec3ee52ce4b7e283cc11facfa420c297c8065
- affected fa9251afc33c81606d70cfe91800a779096442ec – < fbf4ace39b2e4f3833236afbb2336edbafd75eee
- affected fa9251afc33c81606d70cfe91800a779096442ec – < ef047411887ff0845afd642d6a687819308e1a4e
- affected fa9251afc33c81606d70cfe91800a779096442ec – < 7e1f989055622fd086c5dfb291fc72adf5660b6f
- affected fa9251afc33c81606d70cfe91800a779096442ec – < fc80fc2d4e39137869da3150ee169b40bf879287
- affected 4.8
- unaffected < 4.8
- unaffected 4.14.322 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.291 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.251 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.188 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.121 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.39 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.4.4 – ≤ 6.4.*
- unaffected 6.5 – ≤ *
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7b8c2d06e437639694abe76978e915cfb73f428 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfc896c4a75cb8cd7cb2dfd9b469cf1e3f004254 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42725e5c1b181b757ba11d804443922982334d9b (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd5ec3ee52ce4b7e283cc11facfa420c297c8065 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbf4ace39b2e4f3833236afbb2336edbafd75eee (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef047411887ff0845afd642d6a687819308e1a4e (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e1f989055622fd086c5dfb291fc72adf5660b6f (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc80fc2d4e39137869da3150ee169b40bf879287 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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