Vulnerability · Published Mar 27, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-52928bpf: Skip invalid kfunc call in backtrack_insn

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Skip invalid kfunc call in backtrack_insn The verifier skips invalid kfunc call in check_kfunc_call(), which would be captured in fixup_kfunc_call() if such insn is not eliminated by dead code elimination. However, this can lead to the following warning in backtrack_insn(), also see [1]: ------------[ cut here ]------------ verifier backtracking bug WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 8646 at kernel/bpf/verifier.c:2756 backtrack_insn kernel/bpf/verifier.c:2756 __mark_chain_precision kernel/bpf/verifier.c:3065 mark_chain_precision kernel/bpf/verifier.c:3165 adjust_reg_min_max_vals kernel/bpf/verifier.c:10715 check_alu_op kernel/bpf/verifier.c:10928 do_check kernel/bpf/verifier.c:13821 [inline] do_check_common kernel/bpf/verifier.c:16289 [...] So make backtracking conservative with this by returning ENOTSUPP. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CACkBjsaXNceR8ZjkLG=dT3P=4A8SBsg0Z5h5PWLryF5=ghKq=g@mail.gmail.com/

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52928
Debian:13linux6.1.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52928
Debian:14linux6.1.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-72.79UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1036.40UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1038.45UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1038.45.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1034.42UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1033.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1020.25UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1030.33UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1030.35UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1033.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-72.79UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1025.25UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1035.41UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1029.31UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52928

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux e6ac2450d6dee3121cd8bbf2907b78a68a8a353d – before 6e2fac197de2c4c041bdd8982cffb104689113f1e6ac2450d6dee3121cd8bbf2907b78a68a8a353d – before 74eec8266f37aff609db6a2f2b093e56a11c28c4e6ac2450d6dee3121cd8bbf2907b78a68a8a353d – before d3178e8a434b58678d99257c0387810a24042fb6
Linux Linux 5.13

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