CVE-2023-52986
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
27/03/2025
Last modified:
29/10/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
bpf, sockmap: Check for any of tcp_bpf_prots when cloning a listener<br />
<br />
A listening socket linked to a sockmap has its sk_prot overridden. It<br />
points to one of the struct proto variants in tcp_bpf_prots. The variant<br />
depends on the socket&#39;s family and which sockmap programs are attached.<br />
<br />
A child socket cloned from a TCP listener initially inherits their sk_prot.<br />
But before cloning is finished, we restore the child&#39;s proto to the<br />
listener&#39;s original non-tcp_bpf_prots one. This happens in<br />
tcp_create_openreq_child -> tcp_bpf_clone.<br />
<br />
Today, in tcp_bpf_clone we detect if the child&#39;s proto should be restored<br />
by checking only for the TCP_BPF_BASE proto variant. This is not<br />
correct. The sk_prot of listening socket linked to a sockmap can point to<br />
to any variant in tcp_bpf_prots.<br />
<br />
If the listeners sk_prot happens to be not the TCP_BPF_BASE variant, then<br />
the child socket unintentionally is left if the inherited sk_prot by<br />
tcp_bpf_clone.<br />
<br />
This leads to issues like infinite recursion on close [1], because the<br />
child state is otherwise not set up for use with tcp_bpf_prot operations.<br />
<br />
Adjust the check in tcp_bpf_clone to detect all of tcp_bpf_prots variants.<br />
<br />
Note that it wouldn&#39;t be sufficient to check the socket state when<br />
overriding the sk_prot in tcp_bpf_update_proto in order to always use the<br />
TCP_BPF_BASE variant for listening sockets. Since commit<br />
b8b8315e39ff ("bpf, sockmap: Remove unhash handler for BPF sockmap usage")<br />
it is possible for a socket to transition to TCP_LISTEN state while already<br />
linked to a sockmap, e.g. connect() -> insert into map -><br />
connect(AF_UNSPEC) -> listen().<br />
<br />
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/00000000000073b14905ef2e7401@google.com/
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.7 (including) | 5.10.168 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.11 (including) | 5.15.93 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.1.11 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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