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fkie_cve-2023-53441

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd

Published

2025-09-18 16:15

Modified

2025-09-19 16:00

Severity ?

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: cpumap: Fix memory leak in cpu_map_update_elem Syzkaller reported a memory leak as follows: BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xff110001198ef748 (size 192): comm "syz-executor.3", pid 17672, jiffies 4298118891 (age 9.906s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 4a 19 00 00 80 ad e3 e4 fe ff c0 00 ....J........... 00 b2 d3 0c 01 00 11 ff 28 f5 8e 19 01 00 11 ff ........(....... backtrace: [<ffffffffadd28087>] __cpu_map_entry_alloc+0xf7/0xb00 [<ffffffffadd28d8e>] cpu_map_update_elem+0x2fe/0x3d0 [<ffffffffadc6d0fd>] bpf_map_update_value.isra.0+0x2bd/0x520 [<ffffffffadc7349b>] map_update_elem+0x4cb/0x720 [<ffffffffadc7d983>] __se_sys_bpf+0x8c3/0xb90 [<ffffffffb029cc80>] do_syscall_64+0x30/0x40 [<ffffffffb0400099>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xc6 BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xff110001198ef528 (size 192): comm "syz-executor.3", pid 17672, jiffies 4298118891 (age 9.906s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffffadd281f0>] __cpu_map_entry_alloc+0x260/0xb00 [<ffffffffadd28d8e>] cpu_map_update_elem+0x2fe/0x3d0 [<ffffffffadc6d0fd>] bpf_map_update_value.isra.0+0x2bd/0x520 [<ffffffffadc7349b>] map_update_elem+0x4cb/0x720 [<ffffffffadc7d983>] __se_sys_bpf+0x8c3/0xb90 [<ffffffffb029cc80>] do_syscall_64+0x30/0x40 [<ffffffffb0400099>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xc6 BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xff1100010fd93d68 (size 8): comm "syz-executor.3", pid 17672, jiffies 4298118891 (age 9.906s) hex dump (first 8 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ backtrace: [<ffffffffade5db3e>] kvmalloc_node+0x11e/0x170 [<ffffffffadd28280>] __cpu_map_entry_alloc+0x2f0/0xb00 [<ffffffffadd28d8e>] cpu_map_update_elem+0x2fe/0x3d0 [<ffffffffadc6d0fd>] bpf_map_update_value.isra.0+0x2bd/0x520 [<ffffffffadc7349b>] map_update_elem+0x4cb/0x720 [<ffffffffadc7d983>] __se_sys_bpf+0x8c3/0xb90 [<ffffffffb029cc80>] do_syscall_64+0x30/0x40 [<ffffffffb0400099>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xc6 In the cpu_map_update_elem flow, when kthread_stop is called before calling the threadfn of rcpu->kthread, since the KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP bit of kthread has been set by kthread_stop, the threadfn of rcpu->kthread will never be executed, and rcpu->refcnt will never be 0, which will lead to the allocated rcpu, rcpu->queue and rcpu->queue->queue cannot be released. Calling kthread_stop before executing kthread's threadfn will return -EINTR. We can complete the release of memory resources in this state.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4369016497319a9635702da010d02af1ebb1849d
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a957ac8e0b5ffb5797382a6adbafd005a5f72851
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b11a9b4f28cb6ff69ef7e69809e5f7fffeac9030
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d26299f50f5ea8f0aeb5d49e659c31f64233c816

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{
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: cpumap: Fix memory leak in cpu_map_update_elem\n\nSyzkaller reported a memory leak as follows:\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xff110001198ef748 (size 192):\n  comm \"syz-executor.3\", pid 17672, jiffies 4298118891 (age 9.906s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    00 00 00 00 4a 19 00 00 80 ad e3 e4 fe ff c0 00  ....J...........\n    00 b2 d3 0c 01 00 11 ff 28 f5 8e 19 01 00 11 ff  ........(.......\n  backtrace:\n    [\u003cffffffffadd28087\u003e] __cpu_map_entry_alloc+0xf7/0xb00\n    [\u003cffffffffadd28d8e\u003e] cpu_map_update_elem+0x2fe/0x3d0\n    [\u003cffffffffadc6d0fd\u003e] bpf_map_update_value.isra.0+0x2bd/0x520\n    [\u003cffffffffadc7349b\u003e] map_update_elem+0x4cb/0x720\n    [\u003cffffffffadc7d983\u003e] __se_sys_bpf+0x8c3/0xb90\n    [\u003cffffffffb029cc80\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x30/0x40\n    [\u003cffffffffb0400099\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xc6\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xff110001198ef528 (size 192):\n  comm \"syz-executor.3\", pid 17672, jiffies 4298118891 (age 9.906s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace:\n    [\u003cffffffffadd281f0\u003e] __cpu_map_entry_alloc+0x260/0xb00\n    [\u003cffffffffadd28d8e\u003e] cpu_map_update_elem+0x2fe/0x3d0\n    [\u003cffffffffadc6d0fd\u003e] bpf_map_update_value.isra.0+0x2bd/0x520\n    [\u003cffffffffadc7349b\u003e] map_update_elem+0x4cb/0x720\n    [\u003cffffffffadc7d983\u003e] __se_sys_bpf+0x8c3/0xb90\n    [\u003cffffffffb029cc80\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x30/0x40\n    [\u003cffffffffb0400099\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xc6\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xff1100010fd93d68 (size 8):\n  comm \"syz-executor.3\", pid 17672, jiffies 4298118891 (age 9.906s)\n  hex dump (first 8 bytes):\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00                          ........\n  backtrace:\n    [\u003cffffffffade5db3e\u003e] kvmalloc_node+0x11e/0x170\n    [\u003cffffffffadd28280\u003e] __cpu_map_entry_alloc+0x2f0/0xb00\n    [\u003cffffffffadd28d8e\u003e] cpu_map_update_elem+0x2fe/0x3d0\n    [\u003cffffffffadc6d0fd\u003e] bpf_map_update_value.isra.0+0x2bd/0x520\n    [\u003cffffffffadc7349b\u003e] map_update_elem+0x4cb/0x720\n    [\u003cffffffffadc7d983\u003e] __se_sys_bpf+0x8c3/0xb90\n    [\u003cffffffffb029cc80\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x30/0x40\n    [\u003cffffffffb0400099\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xc6\n\nIn the cpu_map_update_elem flow, when kthread_stop is called before\ncalling the threadfn of rcpu-\u003ekthread, since the KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP bit\nof kthread has been set by kthread_stop, the threadfn of rcpu-\u003ekthread\nwill never be executed, and rcpu-\u003erefcnt will never be 0, which will\nlead to the allocated rcpu, rcpu-\u003equeue and rcpu-\u003equeue-\u003equeue cannot be\nreleased.\n\nCalling kthread_stop before executing kthread\u0027s threadfn will return\n-EINTR. We can complete the release of memory resources in this state."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-53441",
  "lastModified": "2025-09-19T16:00:27.847",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-09-18T16:15:48.353",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}

CVE-2023-53441 (GCVE-0-2023-53441)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-09-18 16:04

Modified

2025-09-18 16:04

Severity ?

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d26299f50f5ea8f0aeb5d49e659c31f64233c816
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b11a9b4f28cb6ff69ef7e69809e5f7fffeac9030
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a957ac8e0b5ffb5797382a6adbafd005a5f72851
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4369016497319a9635702da010d02af1ebb1849d

Impacted products

Vendor

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Version

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Linux

Version: 6710e1126934d8b4372b4d2f9ae1646cd3f151bf
Version: 6710e1126934d8b4372b4d2f9ae1646cd3f151bf
Version: 6710e1126934d8b4372b4d2f9ae1646cd3f151bf
Version: 6710e1126934d8b4372b4d2f9ae1646cd3f151bf

Linux

Version: 4.15

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