GHSA-XCMR-V73H-8G32
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-02 18:31 – Updated: 2025-11-12 21:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mptcp: fix UaF in listener shutdown
As reported by Christoph after having refactored the passive socket initialization, the mptcp listener shutdown path is prone to an UaF issue.
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x73/0xe0 Write of size 4 at addr ffff88810cb23098 by task syz-executor731/1266
CPU: 1 PID: 1266 Comm: syz-executor731 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc59af4eaa31c1f6c00c8f1e448ed99a45c66340dd5 #6 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x6e/0x91 print_report+0x16a/0x46f kasan_report+0xad/0x130 kasan_check_range+0x14a/0x1a0 _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x73/0xe0 subflow_error_report+0x6d/0x110 sk_error_report+0x3b/0x190 tcp_disconnect+0x138c/0x1aa0 inet_child_forget+0x6f/0x2e0 inet_csk_listen_stop+0x209/0x1060 __mptcp_close_ssk+0x52d/0x610 mptcp_destroy_common+0x165/0x640 mptcp_destroy+0x13/0x80 __mptcp_destroy_sock+0xe7/0x270 __mptcp_close+0x70e/0x9b0 mptcp_close+0x2b/0x150 inet_release+0xe9/0x1f0 __sock_release+0xd2/0x280 sock_close+0x15/0x20 __fput+0x252/0xa20 task_work_run+0x169/0x250 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x113/0x120 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x40 do_syscall_64+0x48/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
The msk grace period can legitly expire in between the last reference count dropped in mptcp_subflow_queue_clean() and the later eventual access in inet_csk_listen_stop()
After the previous patch we don't need anymore special-casing msk listener socket cleanup: the mptcp worker will process each of the unaccepted msk sockets.
Just drop the now unnecessary code.
Please note this commit depends on the two parent ones:
mptcp: refactor passive socket initialization mptcp: use the workqueue to destroy unaccepted sockets
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-53088"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-416"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-02T16:15:27Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmptcp: fix UaF in listener shutdown\n\nAs reported by Christoph after having refactored the passive\nsocket initialization, the mptcp listener shutdown path is prone\nto an UaF issue.\n\n BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x73/0xe0\n Write of size 4 at addr ffff88810cb23098 by task syz-executor731/1266\n\n CPU: 1 PID: 1266 Comm: syz-executor731 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc59af4eaa31c1f6c00c8f1e448ed99a45c66340dd5 #6\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n Call Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x6e/0x91\n print_report+0x16a/0x46f\n kasan_report+0xad/0x130\n kasan_check_range+0x14a/0x1a0\n _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x73/0xe0\n subflow_error_report+0x6d/0x110\n sk_error_report+0x3b/0x190\n tcp_disconnect+0x138c/0x1aa0\n inet_child_forget+0x6f/0x2e0\n inet_csk_listen_stop+0x209/0x1060\n __mptcp_close_ssk+0x52d/0x610\n mptcp_destroy_common+0x165/0x640\n mptcp_destroy+0x13/0x80\n __mptcp_destroy_sock+0xe7/0x270\n __mptcp_close+0x70e/0x9b0\n mptcp_close+0x2b/0x150\n inet_release+0xe9/0x1f0\n __sock_release+0xd2/0x280\n sock_close+0x15/0x20\n __fput+0x252/0xa20\n task_work_run+0x169/0x250\n exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x113/0x120\n syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x40\n do_syscall_64+0x48/0x90\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc\n\nThe msk grace period can legitly expire in between the last\nreference count dropped in mptcp_subflow_queue_clean() and\nthe later eventual access in inet_csk_listen_stop()\n\nAfter the previous patch we don\u0027t need anymore special-casing\nmsk listener socket cleanup: the mptcp worker will process each\nof the unaccepted msk sockets.\n\nJust drop the now unnecessary code.\n\nPlease note this commit depends on the two parent ones:\n\n mptcp: refactor passive socket initialization\n mptcp: use the workqueue to destroy unaccepted sockets",
"id": "GHSA-xcmr-v73h-8g32",
"modified": "2025-11-12T21:31:01Z",
"published": "2025-05-02T18:31:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53088"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a3f4f1f9c27215e4ddcd312558342e57b93e518"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f4f4cf5d32f10543deb946a37111e714579511e"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5564be74a22a61855f8b8c100d8c4abb003bb792"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
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