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Unscored CVE-2023-52803 EUVD-2023-59520GHSA-v93c-228v-m7cm

SUNRPC: Fix RPC client cleaned up the freed pipefs dentries

Published May 21, 2024 · Updated May 11, 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-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 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-4.15 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-lts-xenial 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:

SUNRPC: Fix RPC client cleaned up the freed pipefs dentries

RPC client pipefs dentries cleanup is in separated rpc_remove_pipedir()
workqueue,which takes care about pipefs superblock locking.
In some special scenarios, when kernel frees the pipefs sb of the
current client and immediately alloctes a new pipefs sb,
rpc_remove_pipedir function would misjudge the existence of pipefs
sb which is not the one it used to hold. As a result,
the rpc_remove_pipedir would clean the released freed pipefs dentries.

To fix this issue, rpc_remove_pipedir should check whether the
current pipefs sb is consistent with the original pipefs sb.

This error can be catched by KASAN:
=========================================================
[ 250.497700] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dget_parent+0x195/0x200
[ 250.498315] Read of size 4 at addr ffff88800a2ab804 by task kworker/0:18/106503
[ 250.500549] Workqueue: events rpc_free_client_work
[ 250.501001] Call Trace:
[ 250.502880] kasan_report+0xb6/0xf0
[ 250.503209] ? dget_parent+0x195/0x200
[ 250.503561] dget_parent+0x195/0x200
[ 250.503897] ? __pfx_rpc_clntdir_depopulate+0x10/0x10
[ 250.504384] rpc_rmdir_depopulate+0x1b/0x90
[ 250.504781] rpc_remove_client_dir+0xf5/0x150
[ 250.505195] rpc_free_client_work+0xe4/0x230
[ 250.505598] process_one_work+0x8ee/0x13b0
...
[ 22.039056] Allocated by task 244:
[ 22.039390] kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x50
[ 22.039758] kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30
[ 22.040109] __kasan_slab_alloc+0x59/0x70
[ 22.040487] kmem_cache_alloc_lru+0xf0/0x240
[ 22.040889] __d_alloc+0x31/0x8e0
[ 22.041207] d_alloc+0x44/0x1f0
[ 22.041514] __rpc_lookup_create_exclusive+0x11c/0x140
[ 22.041987] rpc_mkdir_populate.constprop.0+0x5f/0x110
[ 22.042459] rpc_create_client_dir+0x34/0x150
[ 22.042874] rpc_setup_pipedir_sb+0x102/0x1c0
[ 22.043284] rpc_client_register+0x136/0x4e0
[ 22.043689] rpc_new_client+0x911/0x1020
[ 22.044057] rpc_create_xprt+0xcb/0x370
[ 22.044417] rpc_create+0x36b/0x6c0
...
[ 22.049524] Freed by task 0:
[ 22.049803] kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x50
[ 22.050165] kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30
[ 22.050520] kasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x50
[ 22.050921] __kasan_slab_free+0x10e/0x1a0
[ 22.051306] kmem_cache_free+0xa5/0x390
[ 22.051667] rcu_core+0x62c/0x1930
[ 22.051995] __do_softirq+0x165/0x52a
[ 22.052347]
[ 22.052503] Last potentially related work creation:
[ 22.052952] kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x50
[ 22.053313] __kasan_record_aux_stack+0x8e/0xa0
[ 22.053739] __call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0x6b/0x8b0
[ 22.054209] dentry_free+0xb2/0x140
[ 22.054540] __dentry_kill+0x3be/0x540
[ 22.054900] shrink_dentry_list+0x199/0x510
[ 22.055293] shrink_dcache_parent+0x190/0x240
[ 22.055703] do_one_tree+0x11/0x40
[ 22.056028] shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x61/0x140
[ 22.056461] generic_shutdown_super+0x70/0x590
[ 22.056879] kill_anon_super+0x3a/0x60
[ 22.057234] rpc_kill_sb+0x121/0x200

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.4 4.19.318

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 5.4.0-195.215 USN-7003-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1132.142 USN-7003-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1056.61~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1137.144 USN-7003-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1058.66~20.04.2 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1092.99 USN-7003-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1136.145 USN-7003-1
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 5.4.0-1099.103 USN-7003-1
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 5.4.0-1079.84 USN-7003-1
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-iot 5.4.0-1043.44 USN-7006-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1120.128 USN-7003-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1025.25~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1131.140 USN-7003-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1053.59~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1116.128 USN-7003-4
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1051.55~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1051.55 USN-7003-3
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 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 5.15.0-1048.50 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1056.63 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
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-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1132.142+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1137.144+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1106.116 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1136.145+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1132.142~18.04.1 USN-7003-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1137.144~18.04.1 USN-7003-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1136.145~18.04.1 USN-7003-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-195.215~18.04.1 USN-7003-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1079.84~18.04.1 USN-7003-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1131.140~18.04.1 USN-7003-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1116.128~18.04.1 USN-7003-5
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8 kernel-rt +12 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10 RHSA-2024:5102
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10 RHSA-2024:5101
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9.4 EUS bpftool 7.3.0-427.67.1.el9_4 RHSA-2025:4509
RHEL 9.4 EUS rv +64 5.14.0-427.67.1.el9_4 RHSA-2025:4509

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 8 kernel-rt +11 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10 ALSA-2024:5102
AlmaLinux 8 perf +24 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10 ALSA-2024:5101

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 8 kernel 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10 RXSA-2024:5101, RLSA-2024:5101
Rocky Linux 8 kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10 RLSA-2024:5102
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb 6.4.0-150600.23.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.8.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2.150600.12.4.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs +5 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.8.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.57.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2019-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1.150500.6.31.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.188.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1979-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-docs +4 4.12.14-122.219.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2184-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.188.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1979-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.219.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2184-1
SLE Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-rt +3 4.12.14-10.188.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1983-1
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 Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1.150500.6.31.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
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_2 1-150600.13.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_15 +1 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1, SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.219.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2184-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_57 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2184-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +1 6.4.0-150600.23.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.8.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2.150600.12.4.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-docs +8 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.8.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dtb-aarch64 +10 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.57.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2019-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1.150500.6.31.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1

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
Amazon Linux 2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.349-266.564 1.0-0.amzn2 ALAS2-2024-2613
Amazon Linux 2 perf +8 4.14.349-266.564.amzn2 ALAS2-2024-2613

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 8 perf +19 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10 ELSA-2024-5101
Oracle Linux 7 kernel-uek-container +1 5.4.17-2136.335.4.el8 ELSA-2024-12612
Oracle Linux 7 perf +10 4.14.35-2047.541.4.1.el7uek ELSA-2024-12779, ELSA-2024-12610

Advisories 34

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