CVE-2023-53445

net: qrtr: Fix a refcount bug in qrtr_recvmsg()

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 18, 2025 at 04:04 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: qrtr: Fix a refcount bug in qrtr_recvmsg() Syzbot reported a bug as following: refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. ... RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x17c/0x1f0 lib/refcount.c:25 ... Call Trace: <TASK> __refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:199 [inline] __refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:250 [inline] refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:267 [inline] kref_get include/linux/kref.h:45 [inline] qrtr_node_acquire net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:202 [inline] qrtr_node_lookup net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:398 [inline] qrtr_send_resume_tx net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:1003 [inline] qrtr_recvmsg+0x85f/0x990 net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:1070 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1017 [inline] sock_recvmsg+0xe2/0x160 net/socket.c:1038 qrtr_ns_worker+0x170/0x1700 net/qrtr/ns.c:688 process_one_work+0x991/0x15c0 kernel/workqueue.c:2390 worker_thread+0x669/0x1090 kernel/workqueue.c:2537 It occurs in the concurrent scenario of qrtr_recvmsg() and qrtr_endpoint_unregister() as following: cpu0 cpu1 qrtr_recvmsg qrtr_endpoint_unregister qrtr_send_resume_tx qrtr_node_release qrtr_node_lookup mutex_lock(&qrtr_node_lock) spin_lock_irqsave(&qrtr_nodes_lock, ) refcount_dec_and_test(&node->ref) [node->ref == 0] radix_tree_lookup [node != NULL] __qrtr_node_release qrtr_node_acquire spin_lock_irqsave(&qrtr_nodes_lock, ) kref_get(&node->ref) [WARNING] ... mutex_unlock(&qrtr_node_lock) Use qrtr_node_lock to protect qrtr_node_lookup() implementation, this is actually improving the protection of node reference.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1075.16 ≤ v < 6.1.245.6 ≤ v < 5.10.1785.6 ≤ v < 5.15.1075.6 ≤ v < 6.1.245.6 ≤ v < 6.2.115.6 ≤ v < 6.36.2 ≤ v < 6.2.110a7e0d0ef05440db03c3199e84d228db943b237f6.3 rc16.3 rc26.3 rc36.3 rc46.3 rc5
Vendor states this is fixed in 44d807320000db0d0013372ad39b53e12d52f758 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 48a07f6e00d305597396da4d7494b81cec05b9d3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 98a9cd82c541ef6cbdb829cd6c05cbbb471e373c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in aa95efa187b4114075f312b3c4680d050b56fdec (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b9ba5906c42089f8e1d0001b7b50a7940f086cbb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.107 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.24 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

5.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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