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.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.3% 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, 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

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52986
Debian:13linux6.1.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52986
Debian:14linux6.1.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-72.79UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1036.40UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1038.45UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1038.45.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1034.42UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1033.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1020.25UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1030.33UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1030.35UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1033.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-72.79UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1025.25UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1035.41UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1029.31UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52986

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux e80251555f0befd1271e74b080bccf0ff0348bfc – before 9bd6074e1872d22190a8da30e796cbf937d334f0e80251555f0befd1271e74b080bccf0ff0348bfc – before c681d7a4ed3d360de0574f4d6b7305a8de8dc54fe80251555f0befd1271e74b080bccf0ff0348bfc – before 12b0ec7c6953e1602957926439e5297095d7d065e80251555f0befd1271e74b080bccf0ff0348bfc – before ddce1e091757d0259107c6c0c7262df201de2b66
Linux Linux 5.7

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