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GHSA-3M37-QF9F-22VV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-22 18:30 – Updated: 2024-03-14 21:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix a race condition between btf_put() and map_free()

When running ./test_progs -j in my local vm with latest kernel, I once hit a kasan error like below:

[ 1887.184724] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0 [ 1887.185599] Read of size 4 at addr ffff888106806910 by task kworker/u12:2/2830 [ 1887.186498] [ 1887.186712] CPU: 3 PID: 2830 Comm: kworker/u12:2 Tainted: G OEL 6.7.0-rc3-00699-g90679706d486-dirty #494 [ 1887.188034] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 1887.189618] Workqueue: events_unbound bpf_map_free_deferred [ 1887.190341] Call Trace: [ 1887.190666] [ 1887.190949] dump_stack_lvl+0xac/0xe0 [ 1887.191423] ? nf_tcp_handle_invalid+0x1b0/0x1b0 [ 1887.192019] ? panic+0x3c0/0x3c0 [ 1887.192449] print_report+0x14f/0x720 [ 1887.192930] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0 [ 1887.193459] ? __virt_addr_valid+0xac/0x120 [ 1887.194004] ? bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0 [ 1887.194572] kasan_report+0xc3/0x100 [ 1887.195085] ? bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0 [ 1887.195668] bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0 [ 1887.196183] ? __bpf_obj_drop_impl+0xb0/0xb0 [ 1887.196736] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0 [ 1887.197270] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0 [ 1887.197802] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x1f/0x40 [ 1887.198319] bpf_obj_free_fields+0x1d4/0x260 [ 1887.198883] array_map_free+0x1a3/0x260 [ 1887.199380] bpf_map_free_deferred+0x7b/0xe0 [ 1887.199943] process_scheduled_works+0x3a2/0x6c0 [ 1887.200549] worker_thread+0x633/0x890 [ 1887.201047] ? __kthread_parkme+0xd7/0xf0 [ 1887.201574] ? kthread+0x102/0x1d0 [ 1887.202020] kthread+0x1ab/0x1d0 [ 1887.202447] ? pr_cont_work+0x270/0x270 [ 1887.202954] ? kthread_blkcg+0x50/0x50 [ 1887.203444] ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50 [ 1887.203914] ? kthread_blkcg+0x50/0x50 [ 1887.204397] ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 [ 1887.204913] [ 1887.204913] [ 1887.205209] [ 1887.205416] Allocated by task 2197: [ 1887.205881] kasan_set_track+0x3f/0x60 [ 1887.206366] __kasan_kmalloc+0x6e/0x80 [ 1887.206856] __kmalloc+0xac/0x1a0 [ 1887.207293] btf_parse_fields+0xa15/0x1480 [ 1887.207836] btf_parse_struct_metas+0x566/0x670 [ 1887.208387] btf_new_fd+0x294/0x4d0 [ 1887.208851] __sys_bpf+0x4ba/0x600 [ 1887.209292] __x64_sys_bpf+0x41/0x50 [ 1887.209762] do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xf0 [ 1887.210222] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b [ 1887.210868] [ 1887.211074] Freed by task 36: [ 1887.211460] kasan_set_track+0x3f/0x60 [ 1887.211951] kasan_save_free_info+0x28/0x40 [ 1887.212485] _kasanslab_free+0x101/0x180 [ 1887.213027] kmem_cache_free+0xe4/0x210 [ 1887.213514] btf_free+0x5b/0x130 [ 1887.213918] rcu_core+0x638/0xcc0 [ 1887.214347] __do_softirq+0x114/0x37e

The error happens at bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0:

00000000000034c0 : ; { 34c0: f3 0f 1e fa endbr64 34c4: e8 00 00 00 00 callq 0x34c9 34c9: 55 pushq %rbp 34ca: 48 89 e5 movq %rsp, %rbp ... ; if (rec && rec->refcount_off >= 0 && 36aa: 4d 85 ed testq %r13, %r13 36ad: 74 a9 je 0x3658 36af: 49 8d 7d 10 leaq 0x10(%r13), %rdi 36b3: e8 00 00 00 00 callq 0x36b8 <==== kasan function 36b8: 45 8b 7d 10 movl 0x10(%r13), %r15d <==== use-after-free load 36bc: 45 85 ff testl %r15d, %r15d 36bf: 78 8c js 0x364d

So the problem ---truncated---

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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    "CVE-2023-52446"
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CVE-2023-52446 (GCVE-0-2023-52446)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-22 16:21 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:27

Title

bpf: Fix a race condition between btf_put() and map_free()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix a race condition between btf_put() and map_free() When running `./test_progs -j` in my local vm with latest kernel, I once hit a kasan error like below: [ 1887.184724] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0 [ 1887.185599] Read of size 4 at addr ffff888106806910 by task kworker/u12:2/2830 [ 1887.186498] [ 1887.186712] CPU: 3 PID: 2830 Comm: kworker/u12:2 Tainted: G OEL 6.7.0-rc3-00699-g90679706d486-dirty #494 [ 1887.188034] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 1887.189618] Workqueue: events_unbound bpf_map_free_deferred [ 1887.190341] Call Trace: [ 1887.190666] <TASK> [ 1887.190949] dump_stack_lvl+0xac/0xe0 [ 1887.191423] ? nf_tcp_handle_invalid+0x1b0/0x1b0 [ 1887.192019] ? panic+0x3c0/0x3c0 [ 1887.192449] print_report+0x14f/0x720 [ 1887.192930] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0 [ 1887.193459] ? __virt_addr_valid+0xac/0x120 [ 1887.194004] ? bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0 [ 1887.194572] kasan_report+0xc3/0x100 [ 1887.195085] ? bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0 [ 1887.195668] bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0 [ 1887.196183] ? __bpf_obj_drop_impl+0xb0/0xb0 [ 1887.196736] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0 [ 1887.197270] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0 [ 1887.197802] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x1f/0x40 [ 1887.198319] bpf_obj_free_fields+0x1d4/0x260 [ 1887.198883] array_map_free+0x1a3/0x260 [ 1887.199380] bpf_map_free_deferred+0x7b/0xe0 [ 1887.199943] process_scheduled_works+0x3a2/0x6c0 [ 1887.200549] worker_thread+0x633/0x890 [ 1887.201047] ? __kthread_parkme+0xd7/0xf0 [ 1887.201574] ? kthread+0x102/0x1d0 [ 1887.202020] kthread+0x1ab/0x1d0 [ 1887.202447] ? pr_cont_work+0x270/0x270 [ 1887.202954] ? kthread_blkcg+0x50/0x50 [ 1887.203444] ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50 [ 1887.203914] ? kthread_blkcg+0x50/0x50 [ 1887.204397] ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 [ 1887.204913] </TASK> [ 1887.204913] </TASK> [ 1887.205209] [ 1887.205416] Allocated by task 2197: [ 1887.205881] kasan_set_track+0x3f/0x60 [ 1887.206366] __kasan_kmalloc+0x6e/0x80 [ 1887.206856] __kmalloc+0xac/0x1a0 [ 1887.207293] btf_parse_fields+0xa15/0x1480 [ 1887.207836] btf_parse_struct_metas+0x566/0x670 [ 1887.208387] btf_new_fd+0x294/0x4d0 [ 1887.208851] __sys_bpf+0x4ba/0x600 [ 1887.209292] __x64_sys_bpf+0x41/0x50 [ 1887.209762] do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xf0 [ 1887.210222] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b [ 1887.210868] [ 1887.211074] Freed by task 36: [ 1887.211460] kasan_set_track+0x3f/0x60 [ 1887.211951] kasan_save_free_info+0x28/0x40 [ 1887.212485] ____kasan_slab_free+0x101/0x180 [ 1887.213027] __kmem_cache_free+0xe4/0x210 [ 1887.213514] btf_free+0x5b/0x130 [ 1887.213918] rcu_core+0x638/0xcc0 [ 1887.214347] __do_softirq+0x114/0x37e The error happens at bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0: 00000000000034c0 <bpf_rb_root_free>: ; { 34c0: f3 0f 1e fa endbr64 34c4: e8 00 00 00 00 callq 0x34c9 <bpf_rb_root_free+0x9> 34c9: 55 pushq %rbp 34ca: 48 89 e5 movq %rsp, %rbp ... ; if (rec && rec->refcount_off >= 0 && 36aa: 4d 85 ed testq %r13, %r13 36ad: 74 a9 je 0x3658 <bpf_rb_root_free+0x198> 36af: 49 8d 7d 10 leaq 0x10(%r13), %rdi 36b3: e8 00 00 00 00 callq 0x36b8 <bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8> <==== kasan function 36b8: 45 8b 7d 10 movl 0x10(%r13), %r15d <==== use-after-free load 36bc: 45 85 ff testl %r15d, %r15d 36bf: 78 8c js 0x364d <bpf_rb_root_free+0x18d> So the problem ---truncated---

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-30 19:48 UTC

CWE

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d048dced8ea5eac67…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9ff6ef1c73cd9e1a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59e5791f59dd83e8a…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 958cf2e273f0929c66169e0788031310e8118722 , < d048dced8ea5eac6723ae873a40567e6f101ea42 (git) Affected: 958cf2e273f0929c66169e0788031310e8118722 , < f9ff6ef1c73cd9e1a6bb1ab3e57c5d141a536306 (git) Affected: 958cf2e273f0929c66169e0788031310e8118722 , < 59e5791f59dd83e8aa72a4e74217eabb6e8cfd90 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.2 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.2 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.14 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.7.2 , ≤ 6.7.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.8 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.14",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "6.2",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.7.2",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "6.2",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.8",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "6.2",
                  "vulnerable": true
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              "negate": false,
              "operator": "OR"
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      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix a race condition between btf_put() and map_free()\n\nWhen running `./test_progs -j` in my local vm with latest kernel,\nI once hit a kasan error like below:\n\n  [ 1887.184724] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0\n  [ 1887.185599] Read of size 4 at addr ffff888106806910 by task kworker/u12:2/2830\n  [ 1887.186498]\n  [ 1887.186712] CPU: 3 PID: 2830 Comm: kworker/u12:2 Tainted: G           OEL     6.7.0-rc3-00699-g90679706d486-dirty #494\n  [ 1887.188034] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n  [ 1887.189618] Workqueue: events_unbound bpf_map_free_deferred\n  [ 1887.190341] Call Trace:\n  [ 1887.190666]  \u003cTASK\u003e\n  [ 1887.190949]  dump_stack_lvl+0xac/0xe0\n  [ 1887.191423]  ? nf_tcp_handle_invalid+0x1b0/0x1b0\n  [ 1887.192019]  ? panic+0x3c0/0x3c0\n  [ 1887.192449]  print_report+0x14f/0x720\n  [ 1887.192930]  ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0\n  [ 1887.193459]  ? __virt_addr_valid+0xac/0x120\n  [ 1887.194004]  ? bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0\n  [ 1887.194572]  kasan_report+0xc3/0x100\n  [ 1887.195085]  ? bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0\n  [ 1887.195668]  bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0\n  [ 1887.196183]  ? __bpf_obj_drop_impl+0xb0/0xb0\n  [ 1887.196736]  ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0\n  [ 1887.197270]  ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0\n  [ 1887.197802]  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x1f/0x40\n  [ 1887.198319]  bpf_obj_free_fields+0x1d4/0x260\n  [ 1887.198883]  array_map_free+0x1a3/0x260\n  [ 1887.199380]  bpf_map_free_deferred+0x7b/0xe0\n  [ 1887.199943]  process_scheduled_works+0x3a2/0x6c0\n  [ 1887.200549]  worker_thread+0x633/0x890\n  [ 1887.201047]  ? __kthread_parkme+0xd7/0xf0\n  [ 1887.201574]  ? kthread+0x102/0x1d0\n  [ 1887.202020]  kthread+0x1ab/0x1d0\n  [ 1887.202447]  ? pr_cont_work+0x270/0x270\n  [ 1887.202954]  ? kthread_blkcg+0x50/0x50\n  [ 1887.203444]  ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50\n  [ 1887.203914]  ? kthread_blkcg+0x50/0x50\n  [ 1887.204397]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20\n  [ 1887.204913]  \u003c/TASK\u003e\n  [ 1887.204913]  \u003c/TASK\u003e\n  [ 1887.205209]\n  [ 1887.205416] Allocated by task 2197:\n  [ 1887.205881]  kasan_set_track+0x3f/0x60\n  [ 1887.206366]  __kasan_kmalloc+0x6e/0x80\n  [ 1887.206856]  __kmalloc+0xac/0x1a0\n  [ 1887.207293]  btf_parse_fields+0xa15/0x1480\n  [ 1887.207836]  btf_parse_struct_metas+0x566/0x670\n  [ 1887.208387]  btf_new_fd+0x294/0x4d0\n  [ 1887.208851]  __sys_bpf+0x4ba/0x600\n  [ 1887.209292]  __x64_sys_bpf+0x41/0x50\n  [ 1887.209762]  do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xf0\n  [ 1887.210222]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b\n  [ 1887.210868]\n  [ 1887.211074] Freed by task 36:\n  [ 1887.211460]  kasan_set_track+0x3f/0x60\n  [ 1887.211951]  kasan_save_free_info+0x28/0x40\n  [ 1887.212485]  ____kasan_slab_free+0x101/0x180\n  [ 1887.213027]  __kmem_cache_free+0xe4/0x210\n  [ 1887.213514]  btf_free+0x5b/0x130\n  [ 1887.213918]  rcu_core+0x638/0xcc0\n  [ 1887.214347]  __do_softirq+0x114/0x37e\n\nThe error happens at bpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8/0x2b0:\n\n  00000000000034c0 \u003cbpf_rb_root_free\u003e:\n  ; {\n    34c0: f3 0f 1e fa                   endbr64\n    34c4: e8 00 00 00 00                callq   0x34c9 \u003cbpf_rb_root_free+0x9\u003e\n    34c9: 55                            pushq   %rbp\n    34ca: 48 89 e5                      movq    %rsp, %rbp\n  ...\n  ;       if (rec \u0026\u0026 rec-\u003erefcount_off \u003e= 0 \u0026\u0026\n    36aa: 4d 85 ed                      testq   %r13, %r13\n    36ad: 74 a9                         je      0x3658 \u003cbpf_rb_root_free+0x198\u003e\n    36af: 49 8d 7d 10                   leaq    0x10(%r13), %rdi\n    36b3: e8 00 00 00 00                callq   0x36b8 \u003cbpf_rb_root_free+0x1f8\u003e\n                                        \u003c==== kasan function\n    36b8: 45 8b 7d 10                   movl    0x10(%r13), %r15d\n                                        \u003c==== use-after-free load\n    36bc: 45 85 ff                      testl   %r15d, %r15d\n    36bf: 78 8c                         js      0x364d \u003cbpf_rb_root_free+0x18d\u003e\n\nSo the problem \n---truncated---"
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:27:29.463Z",
        "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "shortName": "Linux"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d048dced8ea5eac6723ae873a40567e6f101ea42"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9ff6ef1c73cd9e1a6bb1ab3e57c5d141a536306"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59e5791f59dd83e8aa72a4e74217eabb6e8cfd90"
        }
      ],
      "title": "bpf: Fix a race condition between btf_put() and map_free()",
      "x_generator": {
        "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
    "assignerShortName": "Linux",
    "cveId": "CVE-2023-52446",
    "datePublished": "2024-02-22T16:21:38.408Z",
    "dateReserved": "2024-02-20T12:30:33.291Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:27:29.463Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
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}

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