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High · 7.8 CVE-2023-53824 EUVD-2023-60172GHSA-74c2-58xj-46fw

netlink: annotate lockless accesses to nlk->max_recvmsg_len

Published Dec 9, 2025 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

netlink: annotate lockless accesses to nlk->max_recvmsg_len

syzbot reported a data-race in data-race in netlink_recvmsg() [1]

Indeed, netlink_recvmsg() can be run concurrently,
and netlink_dump() also needs protection.

[1]
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in netlink_recvmsg / netlink_recvmsg

read to 0xffff888141840b38 of 8 bytes by task 23057 on cpu 0:
netlink_recvmsg+0xea/0x730 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1988
sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1017 [inline]
sock_recvmsg net/socket.c:1038 [inline]
__sys_recvfrom+0x1ee/0x2e0 net/socket.c:2194
__do_sys_recvfrom net/socket.c:2212 [inline]
__se_sys_recvfrom net/socket.c:2208 [inline]
__x64_sys_recvfrom+0x78/0x90 net/socket.c:2208
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

write to 0xffff888141840b38 of 8 bytes by task 23037 on cpu 1:
netlink_recvmsg+0x114/0x730 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1989
sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1017 [inline]
sock_recvmsg net/socket.c:1038 [inline]
____sys_recvmsg+0x156/0x310 net/socket.c:2720
___sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2762 [inline]
do_recvmmsg+0x2e5/0x710 net/socket.c:2856
__sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2935 [inline]
__do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2958 [inline]
__se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2951 [inline]
__x64_sys_recvmmsg+0xe2/0x160 net/socket.c:2951
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

value changed: 0x0000000000000000 -> 0x0000000000001000

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 PID: 23037 Comm: syz-executor.2 Not tainted 6.3.0-rc4-syzkaller-00195-g5a57b48fdfcb #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/02/2023

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.15 5.10.218

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 6.1.25-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.1.25-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.25-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1050.52 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-118.128 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1067.73 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1070.79 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1070.79.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1066.74 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1064.70 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1050.57 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1060.63 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1062.68 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1064.69 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1062.63 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1027.27 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1015.15 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1065.71 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1035.39 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1067.73~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1070.79~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1066.74~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-118.128~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1060.63~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1062.68~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1027.27~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1065.71~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1063.67~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 14 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 5.15.0-1060.62 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1068.76 —
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 5.15.0-1067.73+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1070.79+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-118.128+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1066.74+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
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 20.04 LTS linux +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.25-37.47 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +12 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169

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