{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-52446","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2024-02-20T12:30:33.291Z","datePublished":"2024-02-22T16:21:38.408Z","dateUpdated":"2025-05-04T07:36:42.890Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2025-05-04T07:36:42.890Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix a race condition between btf_put() and map_free()\n\nWhen running `./test_progs -j` in my local vm with latest kernel,\nI once hit a kasan error like below:\n\n  [ 1887.184724] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0\n  [ 1887.185599] Read of size 4 at addr ffff888106806910 by task kworker/u12:2/2830\n  [ 1887.186498]\n  [ 1887.186712] CPU: 3 PID: 2830 Comm: kworker/u12:2 Tainted: G           OEL     6.7.0-rc3-00699-g90679706d486-dirty #494\n  [ 1887.188034] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n  [ 1887.189618] Workqueue: events_unbound bpf_map_free_deferred\n  [ 1887.190341] Call Trace:\n  [ 1887.190666]  <TASK>\n  [ 1887.190949]  dump_stack_lvl+0xac/0xe0\n  [ 1887.191423]  ? nf_tcp_handle_invalid+0x1b0/0x1b0\n  [ 1887.192019]  ? panic+0x3c0/0x3c0\n  [ 1887.192449]  print_report+0x14f/0x720\n  [ 1887.192930]  ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0\n  [ 1887.193459]  ? __virt_addr_valid+0xac/0x120\n  [ 1887.194004]  ? bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0\n  [ 1887.194572]  kasan_report+0xc3/0x100\n  [ 1887.195085]  ? bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0\n  [ 1887.195668]  bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0\n  [ 1887.196183]  ? __bpf_obj_drop_impl+0xb0/0xb0\n  [ 1887.196736]  ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0\n  [ 1887.197270]  ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0\n  [ 1887.197802]  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x1f/0x40\n  [ 1887.198319]  bpf_obj_free_fields+0x1d4/0x260\n  [ 1887.198883]  array_map_free+0x1a3/0x260\n  [ 1887.199380]  bpf_map_free_deferred+0x7b/0xe0\n  [ 1887.199943]  process_scheduled_works+0x3a2/0x6c0\n  [ 1887.200549]  worker_thread+0x633/0x890\n  [ 1887.201047]  ? __kthread_parkme+0xd7/0xf0\n  [ 1887.201574]  ? kthread+0x102/0x1d0\n  [ 1887.202020]  kthread+0x1ab/0x1d0\n  [ 1887.202447]  ? pr_cont_work+0x270/0x270\n  [ 1887.202954]  ? kthread_blkcg+0x50/0x50\n  [ 1887.203444]  ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50\n  [ 1887.203914]  ? kthread_blkcg+0x50/0x50\n  [ 1887.204397]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20\n  [ 1887.204913]  </TASK>\n  [ 1887.204913]  </TASK>\n  [ 1887.205209]\n  [ 1887.205416] Allocated by task 2197:\n  [ 1887.205881]  kasan_set_track+0x3f/0x60\n  [ 1887.206366]  __kasan_kmalloc+0x6e/0x80\n  [ 1887.206856]  __kmalloc+0xac/0x1a0\n  [ 1887.207293]  btf_parse_fields+0xa15/0x1480\n  [ 1887.207836]  btf_parse_struct_metas+0x566/0x670\n  [ 1887.208387]  btf_new_fd+0x294/0x4d0\n  [ 1887.208851]  __sys_bpf+0x4ba/0x600\n  [ 1887.209292]  __x64_sys_bpf+0x41/0x50\n  [ 1887.209762]  do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xf0\n  [ 1887.210222]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b\n  [ 1887.210868]\n  [ 1887.211074] Freed by task 36:\n  [ 1887.211460]  kasan_set_track+0x3f/0x60\n  [ 1887.211951]  kasan_save_free_info+0x28/0x40\n  [ 1887.212485]  ____kasan_slab_free+0x101/0x180\n  [ 1887.213027]  __kmem_cache_free+0xe4/0x210\n  [ 1887.213514]  btf_free+0x5b/0x130\n  [ 1887.213918]  rcu_core+0x638/0xcc0\n  [ 1887.214347]  __do_softirq+0x114/0x37e\n\nThe error happens at bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0:\n\n  00000000000034c0 <bpf_rb_root_free>:\n  ; {\n    34c0: f3 0f 1e fa                   endbr64\n    34c4: e8 00 00 00 00                callq   0x34c9 <bpf_rb_root_free+0x9>\n    34c9: 55                            pushq   %rbp\n    34ca: 48 89 e5                      movq    %rsp, %rbp\n  ...\n  ;       if (rec && rec->refcount_off >= 0 &&\n    36aa: 4d 85 ed                      testq   %r13, %r13\n    36ad: 74 a9                         je      0x3658 <bpf_rb_root_free+0x198>\n    36af: 49 8d 7d 10                   leaq    0x10(%r13), %rdi\n    36b3: e8 00 00 00 00                callq   0x36b8 <bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8>\n                                        <==== kasan function\n    36b8: 45 8b 7d 10                   movl    0x10(%r13), %r15d\n                                        <==== use-after-free load\n    36bc: 45 85 ff                      testl   %r15d, %r15d\n    36bf: 78 8c                         js      0x364d <bpf_rb_root_free+0x18d>\n\nSo the problem \n---truncated---"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/bpf/syscall.c"],"versions":[{"version":"958cf2e273f0929c66169e0788031310e8118722","lessThan":"d048dced8ea5eac6723ae873a40567e6f101ea42","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"958cf2e273f0929c66169e0788031310e8118722","lessThan":"f9ff6ef1c73cd9e1a6bb1ab3e57c5d141a536306","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"958cf2e273f0929c66169e0788031310e8118722","lessThan":"59e5791f59dd83e8aa72a4e74217eabb6e8cfd90","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/bpf/syscall.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.14","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.7.2","lessThanOrEqual":"6.7.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.8","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.2","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.14"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.2","versionEndExcluding":"6.7.2"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.2","versionEndExcluding":"6.8"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d048dced8ea5eac6723ae873a40567e6f101ea42"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9ff6ef1c73cd9e1a6bb1ab3e57c5d141a536306"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59e5791f59dd83e8aa72a4e74217eabb6e8cfd90"}],"title":"bpf: Fix a race condition between btf_put() and map_free()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}},"adp":[{"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"type":"CWE","cweId":"CWE-416","lang":"en","description":"CWE-416 Use After Free"}]}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"scope":"UNCHANGED","version":"3.1","baseScore":7.8,"attackVector":"LOCAL","baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","integrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","attackComplexity":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH"}},{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2024-10-30T19:48:46.097566Z","id":"CVE-2023-52446","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"total"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","providerMetadata":{"orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","shortName":"CISA-ADP","dateUpdated":"2024-10-30T19:48:56.151Z"}},{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","shortName":"CVE","dateUpdated":"2024-08-02T22:55:41.647Z"},"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d048dced8ea5eac6723ae873a40567e6f101ea42","tags":["x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9ff6ef1c73cd9e1a6bb1ab3e57c5d141a536306","tags":["x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59e5791f59dd83e8aa72a4e74217eabb6e8cfd90","tags":["x_transferred"]}]}]}}