CVE-2023-53577

bpf, cpumap: Make sure kthread is running before map update returns

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 4, 2025 at 03:17 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, cpumap: Make sure kthread is running before map update returns The following warning was reported when running stress-mode enabled xdp_redirect_cpu with some RT threads: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 65 at kernel/bpf/cpumap.c:135 CPU: 4 PID: 65 Comm: kworker/4:1 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc2+ #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) Workqueue: events cpu_map_kthread_stop RIP: 0010:put_cpu_map_entry+0xda/0x220 ...... Call Trace: <TASK> ? show_regs+0x65/0x70 ? __warn+0xa5/0x240 ...... ? put_cpu_map_entry+0xda/0x220 cpu_map_kthread_stop+0x41/0x60 process_one_work+0x6b0/0xb80 worker_thread+0x96/0x720 kthread+0x1a5/0x1f0 ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x70 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 </TASK> The root cause is the same as commit 436901649731 ("bpf: cpumap: Fix memory leak in cpu_map_update_elem"). The kthread is stopped prematurely by kthread_stop() in cpu_map_kthread_stop(), and kthread() doesn't call cpu_map_kthread_run() at all but XDP program has already queued some frames or skbs into ptr_ring. So when __cpu_map_ring_cleanup() checks the ptr_ring, it will find it was not emptied and report a warning. An alternative fix is to use __cpu_map_ring_cleanup() to drop these pending frames or skbs when kthread_stop() returns -EINTR, but it may confuse the user, because these frames or skbs have been handled correctly by XDP program. So instead of dropping these frames or skbs, just make sure the per-cpu kthread is running before __cpu_map_entry_alloc() returns. After apply the fix, the error handle for kthread_stop() will be unnecessary because it will always return 0, so just remove it.

Affected

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

4.15 ≤ v < 5.15.1264.15 ≤ v < 6.1.454.15 ≤ v < 6.4.104.15 ≤ v < 6.55.16 ≤ v < 6.1.456.2 ≤ v < 6.4.106.5 rc16.5 rc26.5 rc36.5 rc46710e1126934d8b4372b4d2f9ae1646cd3f151bf
Vendor states this is fixed in 640a604585aa30f93e39b17d4d6ba69fcb1e66c9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7a1178a3671b40746830d355836b72e47ceb2490 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b44d28b98f185d2f2348aa3c3636838c316f889e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ecb45b852af5e88257020b88bea5ff0798d72aca (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.126 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.45 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.5 (unaffected)

CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-401

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