CVE-2023-52483

2024-02-2906:15:46

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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cve-2023-52483

linux kernel

mctp

route lookup

vulnerability

security

fix

nvd

cve

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

JSON

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 <[email protected]>, where
introducing a delay in the route lookup could cause a UAF on
simultaneous sendmsg() and route deletion.

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.15–5.15.137

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.16.0–6.1.59

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.2.0–6.5.8

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.6.0≥

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "net/mctp/route.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "889b7da23abf",
        "lessThan": "6c52b1215904",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "889b7da23abf",
        "lessThan": "1db0724a01b5",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "889b7da23abf",
        "lessThan": "2405f64a95a7",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "889b7da23abf",
        "lessThan": "5093bbfc10ab",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "net/mctp/route.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.15",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.15",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.15.137",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.1.59",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.5.8",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.5.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]