Vulnerability · Published Mar 27, 2025 · Assigned by Linux
CVE-2023-52986bpf, sockmap: Check for any of tcp_bpf_prots when cloning a listener
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 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: Check for any of tcp_bpf_prots when cloning a listener A listening socket linked to a sockmap has its sk_prot overridden. It points to one of the struct proto variants in tcp_bpf_prots. The variant depends on the socket's family and which sockmap programs are attached. A child socket cloned from a TCP listener initially inherits their sk_prot. But before cloning is finished, we restore the child's proto to the listener's original non-tcp_bpf_prots one. This happens in tcp_create_openreq_child -> tcp_bpf_clone. Today, in tcp_bpf_clone we detect if the child's proto should be restored by checking only for the TCP_BPF_BASE proto variant. This is not correct. The sk_prot of listening socket linked to a sockmap can point to to any variant in tcp_bpf_prots. If the listeners sk_prot happens to be not the TCP_BPF_BASE variant, then the child socket unintentionally is left if the inherited sk_prot by tcp_bpf_clone. This leads to issues like infinite recursion on close [1], because the child state is otherwise not set up for use with tcp_bpf_prot operations. Adjust the check in tcp_bpf_clone to detect all of tcp_bpf_prots variants. Note that it wouldn't be sufficient to check the socket state when overriding the sk_prot in tcp_bpf_update_proto in order to always use the TCP_BPF_BASE variant for listening sockets. Since commit b8b8315e39ff ("bpf, sockmap: Remove unhash handler for BPF sockmap usage") it is possible for a socket to transition to TCP_LISTEN state while already linked to a sockmap, e.g. connect() -> insert into map -> connect(AF_UNSPEC) -> listen(). [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/00000000000073b14905ef2e7401@google.com/
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.1.11-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 6.1.11-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 6.1.11-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-72.79 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1036.40 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1038.45 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1038.45.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1034.42 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1033.38 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1020.25 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1030.33 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1030.35 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1033.38 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-72.79 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1025.25 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1035.41 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1029.31 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | e80251555f0befd1271e74b080bccf0ff0348bfc – before 9bd6074e1872d22190a8da30e796cbf937d334f0e80251555f0befd1271e74b080bccf0ff0348bfc – before c681d7a4ed3d360de0574f4d6b7305a8de8dc54fe80251555f0befd1271e74b080bccf0ff0348bfc – before 12b0ec7c6953e1602957926439e5297095d7d065e80251555f0befd1271e74b080bccf0ff0348bfc – before ddce1e091757d0259107c6c0c7262df201de2b66 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.7 |