{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-53660","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-10-07T15:16:59.662Z","datePublished":"2025-10-07T15:21:20.307Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:49:27.272Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:49:27.272Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf, cpumap: Handle skb as well when clean up ptr_ring\n\nThe following warning was reported when running xdp_redirect_cpu with\nboth skb-mode and stress-mode enabled:\n\n  ------------[ cut here ]------------\n  Incorrect XDP memory type (-2128176192) usage\n  WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 1442 at net/core/xdp.c:405\n  Modules linked in:\n  CPU: 7 PID: 1442 Comm: kworker/7:0 Tainted: G  6.5.0-rc2+ #1\n  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)\n  Workqueue: events __cpu_map_entry_free\n  RIP: 0010:__xdp_return+0x1e4/0x4a0\n  ......\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   ? show_regs+0x65/0x70\n   ? __warn+0xa5/0x240\n   ? __xdp_return+0x1e4/0x4a0\n   ......\n   xdp_return_frame+0x4d/0x150\n   __cpu_map_entry_free+0xf9/0x230\n   process_one_work+0x6b0/0xb80\n   worker_thread+0x96/0x720\n   kthread+0x1a5/0x1f0\n   ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x70\n   ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30\n   </TASK>\n\nThe reason for the warning is twofold. One is due to the kthread\ncpu_map_kthread_run() is stopped prematurely. Another one is\n__cpu_map_ring_cleanup() doesn't handle skb mode and treats skbs in\nptr_ring as XDP frames.\n\nPrematurely-stopped kthread will be fixed by the preceding patch and\nptr_ring will be empty when __cpu_map_ring_cleanup() is called. But\nas the comments in __cpu_map_ring_cleanup() said, handling and freeing\nskbs in ptr_ring as well to \"catch any broken behaviour gracefully\"."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/bpf/cpumap.c"],"versions":[{"version":"11941f8a85362f612df61f4aaab0e41b64d2111d","lessThan":"b58d34068fd9f96bfc7d389988dfaf9a92a8fe00","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"11941f8a85362f612df61f4aaab0e41b64d2111d","lessThan":"cbd000451885801e9bbfd9cf7a7946806a85cb5e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"11941f8a85362f612df61f4aaab0e41b64d2111d","lessThan":"937345720d18f1ad006ba3d5dcb3fa121037b8a2","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"11941f8a85362f612df61f4aaab0e41b64d2111d","lessThan":"7c62b75cd1a792e14b037fa4f61f9b18914e7de1","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/cpumap.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.15","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.126","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.45","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.4.10","lessThanOrEqual":"6.4.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.5","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":"5.15","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.126"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.45"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.4.10"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.5"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b58d34068fd9f96bfc7d389988dfaf9a92a8fe00"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbd000451885801e9bbfd9cf7a7946806a85cb5e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/937345720d18f1ad006ba3d5dcb3fa121037b8a2"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c62b75cd1a792e14b037fa4f61f9b18914e7de1"}],"title":"bpf, cpumap: Handle skb as well when clean up ptr_ring","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}