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High · 7.8 CVE-2023-52523 EUVD-2023-57148GHSA-fh4f-4w54-vgrf

bpf, sockmap: Reject sk_msg egress redirects to non-TCP sockets

Published Mar 2, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

bpf, sockmap: Reject sk_msg egress redirects to non-TCP sockets

With a SOCKMAP/SOCKHASH map and an sk_msg program user can steer messages
sent from one TCP socket (s1) to actually egress from another TCP
socket (s2):

tcp_bpf_sendmsg(s1) // = sk_prot->sendmsg
tcp_bpf_send_verdict(s1) // __SK_REDIRECT case
tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir(s2)
tcp_bpf_push_locked(s2)
tcp_bpf_push(s2)
tcp_rate_check_app_limited(s2) // expects tcp_sock
tcp_sendmsg_locked(s2) // ditto

There is a hard-coded assumption in the call-chain, that the egress
socket (s2) is a TCP socket.

However in commit 122e6c79efe1 ("sock_map: Update sock type checks for
UDP") we have enabled redirects to non-TCP sockets. This was done for the
sake of BPF sk_skb programs. There was no indention to support sk_msg
send-to-egress use case.

As a result, attempts to send-to-egress through a non-TCP socket lead to a
crash due to invalid downcast from sock to tcp_sock:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000002f
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? show_regs+0x60/0x70
? __die+0x1f/0x70
? page_fault_oops+0x80/0x160
? do_user_addr_fault+0x2d7/0x800
? rcu_is_watching+0x11/0x50
? exc_page_fault+0x70/0x1c0
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30
? tcp_tso_segs+0x14/0xa0
tcp_write_xmit+0x67/0xce0
__tcp_push_pending_frames+0x32/0xf0
tcp_push+0x107/0x140
tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x99f/0xbb0
tcp_bpf_push+0x19d/0x3a0
tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir+0x55/0xd0
tcp_bpf_send_verdict+0x407/0x550
tcp_bpf_sendmsg+0x1a1/0x390
inet_sendmsg+0x6a/0x70
sock_sendmsg+0x9d/0xc0
? sockfd_lookup_light+0x12/0x80
__sys_sendto+0x10e/0x160
? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x20/0x60
? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20
? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x82/0x110
__x64_sys_sendto+0x1f/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Reject selecting a non-TCP sockets as redirect target from a BPF sk_msg
program to prevent the crash. When attempted, user will receive an EACCES
error from send/sendto/sendmsg() syscall.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.13 5.15.135

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.5.8-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.5.8-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.64-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1035.37 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.7.0-1001.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-94.104 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1053.58 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1056.64 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1056.64.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1051.59 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.5 6.5.0-1013.13~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1050.55 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1036.42 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-17.17~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1046.49 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1047.53 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-17.17.1.1.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1044.44 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.5 6.5.0-1014.14 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1022.22 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1009.9 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oem-6.5 6.5.0-1014.15 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1051.57 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.5 6.5.0-1015.15~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +23 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1027.31 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1053.58~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1056.64~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1051.59~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1036.42~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1046.49~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1048.54~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1022.22~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1051.57~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1049.53~20.04.2 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1046.48 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1054.60 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1053.58+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-94.104+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1055.63+fips2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1490-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1.150500.6.25.7 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1.150500.6.25.7 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.47.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1466-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.76.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1320-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.76.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1320-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_13 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1466-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_12 1-150500.11.7.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_25 1-150400.9.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.47.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1466-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms +3 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dtb-aarch64 +10 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1490-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1.150500.6.25.7 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.47.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1466-1
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150400.15.76.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1320-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150400.15.76.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1320-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.59-84.139 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-422
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +13 6.1.59-84.139.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-422

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