CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-52513

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.66%

48th percentile - higher than 48% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's RDMA/siw subsystem, a vulnerability exists in connection failure handling. When immediate MPA request processing fails, the new endpoint unlinks the listening endpoint, and later TCP socket close causes a NULL dereference in siw_cm_work_handler(). The fix cancels the useless MPA timeout and simplifies MPA processing.

Risk Assessment

The bug can cause a kernel crash (NULL pointer dereference) on failed connections, potentially enabling DoS attacks.

Recommendation

Install the Linux kernel update containing the fix for CVE-2023-52513. Restrict access to RDMA/siw services to trusted networks.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/siw: Fix connection failure handling In case immediate MPA request processing fails, the newly created endpoint unlinks the listening endpoint and is ready to be dropped. This special case was not handled correctly by the code handling the later TCP socket close, causing a NULL dereference crash in siw_cm_work_handler() when dereferencing a NULL listener. We now also cancel the useless MPA timeout, if immediate MPA request processing fails. This patch furthermore simplifies MPA processing in general: Scheduling a useless TCP socket read in sk_data_ready() upcall is now surpressed, if the socket is already moved out of TCP_ESTABLISHED state.

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