CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-53110

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.45%

37th percentile - higher than 37% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the net/smc module has a race condition between smc_smcr_terminate_all() and smc_buf_create(), which can lead to a NULL pointer dereference in smc_cdc_tx_handler(). The fix adds a check of sndbuf_desc before sending any CDC message.

Risk Assessment

The race can lead to a kernel panic during stress tests, potentially exploited for DoS attacks.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel update containing the fix for net/smc to prevent NULL dereference.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix NULL sndbuf_desc in smc_cdc_tx_handler() When performing a stress test on SMC-R by rmmod mlx5_ib driver during the wrk/nginx test, we found that there is a probability of triggering a panic while terminating all link groups. This issue dues to the race between smc_smcr_terminate_all() and smc_buf_create(). smc_smcr_terminate_all smc_buf_create /* init */ conn->sndbuf_desc = NULL; ... __smc_lgr_terminate smc_conn_kill smc_close_abort smc_cdc_get_slot_and_msg_send __softirqentry_text_start smc_wr_tx_process_cqe smc_cdc_tx_handler READ(conn->sndbuf_desc->len); /* panic dues to NULL sndbuf_desc */ conn->sndbuf_desc = xxx; This patch tries to fix the issue by always to check the sndbuf_desc before send any cdc msg, to make sure that no null pointer is seen during cqe processing.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS