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High · 7.8 CVE-2023-52772 EUVD-2023-59489GHSA-g4gj-3g5h-w4h5

af_unix: fix use-after-free in unix_stream_read_actor()

Published May 21, 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-5.8 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-5.8 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-5.8 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-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 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-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi 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:

af_unix: fix use-after-free in unix_stream_read_actor()

syzbot reported the following crash [1]

After releasing unix socket lock, u->oob_skb can be changed
by another thread. We must temporarily increase skb refcount
to make sure this other thread will not free the skb under us.

[1]

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in unix_stream_read_actor+0xa7/0xc0 net/unix/af_unix.c:2866
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88801f3b9cc4 by task syz-executor107/5297

CPU: 1 PID: 5297 Comm: syz-executor107 Not tainted 6.6.0-syzkaller-15910-gb8e3a87a627b #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/09/2023
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0xd9/0x1b0 lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:364 [inline]
print_report+0xc4/0x620 mm/kasan/report.c:475
kasan_report+0xda/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:588
unix_stream_read_actor+0xa7/0xc0 net/unix/af_unix.c:2866
unix_stream_recv_urg net/unix/af_unix.c:2587 [inline]
unix_stream_read_generic+0x19a5/0x2480 net/unix/af_unix.c:2666
unix_stream_recvmsg+0x189/0x1b0 net/unix/af_unix.c:2903
sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1044 [inline]
sock_recvmsg+0xe2/0x170 net/socket.c:1066
____sys_recvmsg+0x21f/0x5c0 net/socket.c:2803
___sys_recvmsg+0x115/0x1a0 net/socket.c:2845
__sys_recvmsg+0x114/0x1e0 net/socket.c:2875
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b
RIP: 0033:0x7fc67492c559
Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 51 18 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fc6748ab228 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002f
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000001c RCX: 00007fc67492c559
RDX: 0000000040010083 RSI: 0000000020000140 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fc6749b6348 R08: 00007fc6748ab6c0 R09: 00007fc6748ab6c0
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fc6749b6340
R13: 00007fc6749b634c R14: 00007ffe9fac52a0 R15: 00007ffe9fac5388
</TASK>

Allocated by task 5295:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:45
kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:52
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x81/0x90 mm/kasan/common.c:328
kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:188 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:763 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x180/0x3c0 mm/slub.c:3523
__alloc_skb+0x287/0x330 net/core/skbuff.c:641
alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1286 [inline]
alloc_skb_with_frags+0xe4/0x710 net/core/skbuff.c:6331
sock_alloc_send_pskb+0x7e4/0x970 net/core/sock.c:2780
sock_alloc_send_skb include/net/sock.h:1884 [inline]
queue_oob net/unix/af_unix.c:2147 [inline]
unix_stream_sendmsg+0xb5f/0x10a0 net/unix/af_unix.c:2301
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0xd5/0x180 net/socket.c:745
____sys_sendmsg+0x6ac/0x940 net/socket.c:2584
___sys_sendmsg+0x135/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2638
__sys_sendmsg+0x117/0x1e0 net/socket.c:2667
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b

Freed by task 5295:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:45
kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:52
kasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:522
____kasan_slab_free mm/kasan/common.c:236 [inline]
____kasan_slab_free+0x15b/0x1b0 mm/kasan/common.c:200
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:164 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1800 [inline]
slab_free_freelist_hook+0x114/0x1e0 mm/slub.c:1826
slab_free mm/slub.c:3809 [inline]
kmem_cache_free+0xf8/0x340 mm/slub.c:3831
kfree_skbmem+0xef/0x1b0 net/core/skbuff.c:1015
__kfree_skb net/core/skbuff.c:1073 [inline]
consume_skb net/core/skbuff.c:1288 [inline]
consume_skb+0xdf/0x170 net/core/skbuff.c:1282
queue_oob net/unix/af_unix.c:2178 [inline]
u
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.15 5.15.140

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 6.6.8-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.6.8-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.64-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1037.39 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-100.110 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1056.61 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1058.66 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1058.66.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1053.61 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1052.57 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1038.44 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1048.51 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1050.56 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1046.46 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.5 6.5.0-1014.14 —
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-oracle 5.15.0-1053.59 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +30 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1030.34 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1056.61~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1058.66~20.04.2 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1053.61~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1038.44~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-100.110~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1048.51~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1050.56~20.04.1 —
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 5.15.0-1053.59~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1051.55~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1048.50 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1056.63 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1056.61+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-100.110+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 SP6 kernel-64kb +3 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4 SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3.150600.12.2.7 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs 6.4.0-150600.23.7.4 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-source 6.4.0-150600.23.7.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms 6.4.0-150600.23.7.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-17.1.1.51 SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-9.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-18.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_0 2-150600.3.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3060-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_1 1-150600.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_0 3-150600.4.7.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3370-1, SUSE-SU-2024:3032-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_1 1-150600.13.3.7 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +2 6.4.0-150600.23.7.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-64kb +5 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4 SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.7.3.150600.12.2.7 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-docs 6.4.0-150600.23.7.4 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source 6.4.0-150600.23.7.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.66-91.160 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-461
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +13 6.1.66-91.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-461

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