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High · 7.5 CVE-2023-52610 EUVD-2023-57234GHSA-rg96-q483-7789

net/sched: act_ct: fix skb leak and crash on ooo frags

Published Mar 18, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

net/sched: act_ct: fix skb leak and crash on ooo frags

act_ct adds skb->users before defragmentation. If frags arrive in order,
the last frag's reference is reset in:

inet_frag_reasm_prepare
skb_morph

which is not straightforward.

However when frags arrive out of order, nobody unref the last frag, and
all frags are leaked. The situation is even worse, as initiating packet
capture can lead to a crash[0] when skb has been cloned and shared at the
same time.

Fix the issue by removing skb_get() before defragmentation. act_ct
returns TC_ACT_CONSUMED when defrag failed or in progress.

[0]:
[ 843.804823] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 843.809659] kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:2091!
[ 843.814516] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 843.819296] CPU: 7 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S 6.7.0-rc3 #2
[ 843.824107] Hardware name: XFUSION 1288H V6/BC13MBSBD, BIOS 1.29 11/25/2022
[ 843.828953] RIP: 0010:pskb_expand_head+0x2ac/0x300
[ 843.833805] Code: 8b 70 28 48 85 f6 74 82 48 83 c6 08 bf 01 00 00 00 e8 38 bd ff ff 8b 83 c0 00 00 00 48 03 83 c8 00 00 00 e9 62 ff ff ff 0f 0b <0f> 0b e8 8d d0 ff ff e9 b3 fd ff ff 81 7c 24 14 40 01 00 00 4c 89
[ 843.843698] RSP: 0018:ffffc9000cce07c0 EFLAGS: 00010202
[ 843.848524] RAX: 0000000000000002 RBX: ffff88811a211d00 RCX: 0000000000000820
[ 843.853299] RDX: 0000000000000640 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff88811a211d00
[ 843.857974] RBP: ffff888127d39518 R08: 00000000bee97314 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 843.862584] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff8881109f0000 R12: 0000000000000880
[ 843.867147] R13: ffff888127d39580 R14: 0000000000000640 R15: ffff888170f7b900
[ 843.871680] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff889ffffc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 843.876242] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 843.880778] CR2: 00007fa42affcfb8 CR3: 000000011433a002 CR4: 0000000000770ef0
[ 843.885336] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 843.889809] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 843.894229] PKRU: 55555554
[ 843.898539] Call Trace:
[ 843.902772] <IRQ>
[ 843.906922] ? __die_body+0x1e/0x60
[ 843.911032] ? die+0x3c/0x60
[ 843.915037] ? do_trap+0xe2/0x110
[ 843.918911] ? pskb_expand_head+0x2ac/0x300
[ 843.922687] ? do_error_trap+0x65/0x80
[ 843.926342] ? pskb_expand_head+0x2ac/0x300
[ 843.929905] ? exc_invalid_op+0x50/0x60
[ 843.933398] ? pskb_expand_head+0x2ac/0x300
[ 843.936835] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
[ 843.940226] ? pskb_expand_head+0x2ac/0x300
[ 843.943580] inet_frag_reasm_prepare+0xd1/0x240
[ 843.946904] ip_defrag+0x5d4/0x870
[ 843.950132] nf_ct_handle_fragments+0xec/0x130 [nf_conntrack]
[ 843.953334] tcf_ct_act+0x252/0xd90 [act_ct]
[ 843.956473] ? tcf_mirred_act+0x516/0x5a0 [act_mirred]
[ 843.959657] tcf_action_exec+0xa1/0x160
[ 843.962823] fl_classify+0x1db/0x1f0 [cls_flower]
[ 843.966010] ? skb_clone+0x53/0xc0
[ 843.969173] tcf_classify+0x24d/0x420
[ 843.972333] tc_run+0x8f/0xf0
[ 843.975465] __netif_receive_skb_core+0x67a/0x1080
[ 843.978634] ? dev_gro_receive+0x249/0x730
[ 843.981759] __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x12d/0x260
[ 843.984869] netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x1cb/0x2f0
[ 843.987957] ? mlx5e_handle_rx_cqe_mpwrq_rep+0xfa/0x1a0 [mlx5_core]
[ 843.991170] napi_complete_done+0x72/0x1a0
[ 843.994305] mlx5e_napi_poll+0x28c/0x6d0 [mlx5_core]
[ 843.997501] __napi_poll+0x25/0x1b0
[ 844.000627] net_rx_action+0x256/0x330
[ 844.003705] __do_softirq+0xb3/0x29b
[ 844.006718] irq_exit_rcu+0x9e/0xc0
[ 844.009672] common_interrupt+0x86/0xa0
[ 844.012537] </IRQ>
[ 844.015285] <TASK>
[ 844.017937] asm_common_interrupt+0x26/0x40
[ 844.020591] RIP: 0010:acpi_safe_halt+0x1b/0x20
[ 844.023247] Code: ff 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 65 48 8b 04 25 00 18 03 00 48 8b 00 a8 08 75 0c 66 90 0f 00 2d 81 d0 44 00 fb
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.3 5.15.148

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 6.6.15-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.6.15-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.76-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1040.42 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-102.112 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1057.63 USN-6725-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1060.69 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.5 6.5.0-1022.23~22.04.1 USN-6819-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1060.69.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1055.63 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.5 6.5.0-1022.24~22.04.1 USN-6818-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1054.59 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1040.46 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-41.41~22.04.2 USN-6818-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1050.53 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1052.58 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-41.41.1~22.04.1 USN-6818-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1048.48 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.5 6.5.0-1021.22 USN-6818-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1025.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1012.12 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oem-6.5 6.5.0-1024.25 USN-6819-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1055.61 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.5 6.5.0-1024.24~22.04.1 USN-6819-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.5 6.5.0-40.40.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-starfive-6.5 6.5.0-1015.16~22.04.1 USN-6819-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1030.34 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1057.63~20.04.1 USN-6725-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1060.69~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1060.69~20.04.1.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1055.63~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +27 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1040.46~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-102.112~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1050.53~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1052.58~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1025.25~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1055.61~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1053.57~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2001.1 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1050.52 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1058.66 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1057.63+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1060.69+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-102.112+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1055.63+fips2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 +6 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.3.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394
RHEL 9 rv +64 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394
RHEL 8 kernel-rt +12 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3627
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3618
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9.2 E4S bpftool 7.0.0-284.148.1.el9_2 RHSA-2025:22095
RHEL 9.2 E4S kernel-rt +14 5.14.0-284.148.1.rt14.433.el9_2 RHSA-2025:22124
RHEL 9.2 E4S perf +47 5.14.0-284.148.1.el9_2 RHSA-2025:22095
RHEL 9.0 E4S kernel-rt +12 5.14.0-70.157.1.rt21.229.el9_0 RHSA-2025:22997
RHEL 9.0 E4S perf +28 5.14.0-70.157.1.el9_0 RHSA-2025:22999
RHEL 8.8 EUS perf +26 4.18.0-477.67.1.el8_8 RHSA-2024:5255
RHEL 8.6 TUS perf +16 4.18.0-372.119.1.el8_6 RHSA-2024:5692
RHEL 8.6 E4S perf +24 4.18.0-372.119.1.el8_6 RHSA-2024:5692
RHEL 8.6 AUS perf +16 4.18.0-372.119.1.el8_6 RHSA-2024:5692

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 9 bpftool 7.3.0-427.13.1.el9_4 ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux 9 rv +60 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 ALSA-2024:2394
AlmaLinux 8 kernel-rt +11 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux 8 perf +24 4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 ALSA-2024:3618

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 8 kernel 4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 RLSA-2024:3618
Rocky Linux 8 kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 RLSA-2024:3627
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +4 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1.150600.12.10.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs +1 6.4.0-150600.23.25.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.69.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3587-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1.150500.6.37.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-17.1.1.51 SUSE-SU-2025:20073-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_3 +1 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20077-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20073-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-11.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20077-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-20.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20073-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1.150500.6.37.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3592-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_4 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_5 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_20 +1 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3592-1, SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3592-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +8 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1.150600.12.10.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-docs +1 6.4.0-150600.23.25.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.69.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3587-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3592-1
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1.150500.6.37.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3592-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.75-99.163 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-519
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.75-99.163.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-519

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.3.0-427.13.1.el9_4 ELSA-2024-2394
Oracle Linux 9 rv +27 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 ELSA-2024-2394
Oracle Linux 8 perf +19 4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 ELSA-2024-3618

Advisories 35

References