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Unscored CVE-2023-54170 EUVD-2023-60471GHSA-r3pm-w3wq-c59c

keys: Fix linking a duplicate key to a keyring's assoc_array

Published Dec 30, 2025 · 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-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-6.11 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-6.11 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-6.11 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-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 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-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 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-6.14 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:

keys: Fix linking a duplicate key to a keyring's assoc_array

When making a DNS query inside the kernel using dns_query(), the request
code can in rare cases end up creating a duplicate index key in the
assoc_array of the destination keyring. It is eventually found by
a BUG_ON() check in the assoc_array implementation and results in
a crash.

Example report:
[2158499.700025] kernel BUG at ../lib/assoc_array.c:652!
[2158499.700039] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
[2158499.700065] CPU: 3 PID: 31985 Comm: kworker/3:1 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.3.18-150300.59.90-default #1 SLE15-SP3
[2158499.700096] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 11/12/2020
[2158499.700351] Workqueue: cifsiod cifs_resolve_server [cifs]
[2158499.700380] RIP: 0010:assoc_array_insert+0x85f/0xa40
[2158499.700401] Code: ff 74 2b 48 8b 3b 49 8b 45 18 4c 89 e6 48 83 e7 fe e8 95 ec 74 00 3b 45 88 7d db 85 c0 79 d4 0f 0b 0f 0b 0f 0b e8 41 f2 be ff <0f> 0b 0f 0b 81 7d 88 ff ff ff 7f 4c 89 eb 4c 8b ad 58 ff ff ff 0f
[2158499.700448] RSP: 0018:ffffc0bd6187faf0 EFLAGS: 00010282
[2158499.700470] RAX: ffff9f1ea7da2fe8 RBX: ffff9f1ea7da2fc1 RCX: 0000000000000005
[2158499.700492] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000005 RDI: 0000000000000000
[2158499.700515] RBP: ffffc0bd6187fbb0 R08: ffff9f185faf1100 R09: 0000000000000000
[2158499.700538] R10: ffff9f1ea7da2cc0 R11: 000000005ed8cec8 R12: ffffc0bd6187fc28
[2158499.700561] R13: ffff9f15feb8d000 R14: ffff9f1ea7da2fc0 R15: ffff9f168dc0d740
[2158499.700585] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9f185fac0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[2158499.700610] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[2158499.700630] CR2: 00007fdd94fca238 CR3: 0000000809d8c006 CR4: 00000000003706e0
[2158499.700702] Call Trace:
[2158499.700741] ? key_alloc+0x447/0x4b0
[2158499.700768] ? __key_link_begin+0x43/0xa0
[2158499.700790] __key_link_begin+0x43/0xa0
[2158499.700814] request_key_and_link+0x2c7/0x730
[2158499.700847] ? dns_resolver_read+0x20/0x20 [dns_resolver]
[2158499.700873] ? key_default_cmp+0x20/0x20
[2158499.700898] request_key_tag+0x43/0xa0
[2158499.700926] dns_query+0x114/0x2ca [dns_resolver]
[2158499.701127] dns_resolve_server_name_to_ip+0x194/0x310 [cifs]
[2158499.701164] ? scnprintf+0x49/0x90
[2158499.701190] ? __switch_to_asm+0x40/0x70
[2158499.701211] ? __switch_to_asm+0x34/0x70
[2158499.701405] reconn_set_ipaddr_from_hostname+0x81/0x2a0 [cifs]
[2158499.701603] cifs_resolve_server+0x4b/0xd0 [cifs]
[2158499.701632] process_one_work+0x1f8/0x3e0
[2158499.701658] worker_thread+0x2d/0x3f0
[2158499.701682] ? process_one_work+0x3e0/0x3e0
[2158499.701703] kthread+0x10d/0x130
[2158499.701723] ? kthread_park+0xb0/0xb0
[2158499.701746] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40

The situation occurs as follows:
* Some kernel facility invokes dns_query() to resolve a hostname, for
example, "abcdef". The function registers its global DNS resolver
cache as current->cred.thread_keyring and passes the query to
request_key_net() -> request_key_tag() -> request_key_and_link().
* Function request_key_and_link() creates a keyring_search_context
object. Its match_data.cmp method gets set via a call to
type->match_preparse() (resolves to dns_resolver_match_preparse()) to
dns_resolver_cmp().
* Function request_key_and_link() continues and invokes
search_process_keyrings_rcu() which returns that a given key was not
found. The control is then passed to request_key_and_link() ->
construct_alloc_key().
* Concurrently to that, a second task similarly makes a DNS query for
"abcdef." and its result gets inserted into the DNS resolver cache.
* Back on the first task, function construct_alloc_key() first runs
__key_link_begin() to determine an assoc_array_edit operation to
insert a new key. Index keys in the array are compared exactly as-is,
using keyring_compare_object(). The operation
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.3 5.4.253

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 6.4.11-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.4.11-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.52-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1031.33 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-88.98 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1049.54 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1051.59 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1051.59.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1046.54 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1046.51 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1032.38 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1042.45 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1045.51 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1040.40 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1019.19 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1006.6 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1047.53 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1025.29 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-169.187 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1116.126 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1049.54~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1121.128 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1051.59~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1076.82 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1120.129 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1046.54~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-88.98~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1063.68 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1042.45~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1045.51~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1028.29 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1104.111 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1019.19~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1115.124 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1047.53~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1100.112 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1045.49~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1035.39 —
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 5.15.0-1042.44 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1050.56 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1116.126+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1121.128+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1090.100 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1120.129+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1116.126~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1121.128~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1120.129~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-169.187~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1063.68~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1115.124~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1100.112~18.04.1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.2.0-362.13.1.el9_3 RHSA-2024:2394, RHSA-2023:7749
RHEL 9 rv +64 5.14.0-362.13.1.el9_3 RHSA-2024:2394, RHSA-2023:7749
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3618

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 8 perf +24 4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 ALSA-2024:3618
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.24.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1.150700.17.19.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.290.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-docs +4 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-39.1.21.16 SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-39.1.21.16 SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.232.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0369-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.232.1.150300.18.138.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0369-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.232.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0350-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_8 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_8 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_19 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_34 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_48 1-150400.9.7.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.290.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_76 1-8.7.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.49-69.116 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-330
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +12 6.1.49-69.116.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-330

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