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High · 7.8 CVE-2023-54193 EUVD-2023-60448GHSA-w7r9-4gjq-hqm4

net/sched: cls_api: remove block_cb from driver_list before freeing

Published Dec 30, 2025 · Updated Oct 15, 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:

net/sched: cls_api: remove block_cb from driver_list before freeing

Error handler of tcf_block_bind() frees the whole bo->cb_list on error.
However, by that time the flow_block_cb instances are already in the driver
list because driver ndo_setup_tc() callback is called before that up the
call chain in tcf_block_offload_cmd(). This leaves dangling pointers to
freed objects in the list and causes use-after-free[0]. Fix it by also
removing flow_block_cb instances from driver_list before deallocating them.

[0]:
[ 279.868433] ==================================================================
[ 279.869964] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in flow_block_cb_setup_simple+0x631/0x7c0
[ 279.871527] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888147e2bf20 by task tc/2963

[ 279.873151] CPU: 6 PID: 2963 Comm: tc Not tainted 6.3.0-rc6+ #4
[ 279.874273] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 279.876295] Call Trace:
[ 279.876882] <TASK>
[ 279.877413] dump_stack_lvl+0x33/0x50
[ 279.878198] print_report+0xc2/0x610
[ 279.878987] ? flow_block_cb_setup_simple+0x631/0x7c0
[ 279.879994] kasan_report+0xae/0xe0
[ 279.880750] ? flow_block_cb_setup_simple+0x631/0x7c0
[ 279.881744] ? mlx5e_tc_reoffload_flows_work+0x240/0x240 [mlx5_core]
[ 279.883047] flow_block_cb_setup_simple+0x631/0x7c0
[ 279.884027] tcf_block_offload_cmd.isra.0+0x189/0x2d0
[ 279.885037] ? tcf_block_setup+0x6b0/0x6b0
[ 279.885901] ? mutex_lock+0x7d/0xd0
[ 279.886669] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath.constprop.0+0x2d0/0x2d0
[ 279.887844] ? ingress_init+0x1c0/0x1c0 [sch_ingress]
[ 279.888846] tcf_block_get_ext+0x61c/0x1200
[ 279.889711] ingress_init+0x112/0x1c0 [sch_ingress]
[ 279.890682] ? clsact_init+0x2b0/0x2b0 [sch_ingress]
[ 279.891701] qdisc_create+0x401/0xea0
[ 279.892485] ? qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog+0x470/0x470
[ 279.893473] tc_modify_qdisc+0x6f7/0x16d0
[ 279.894344] ? tc_get_qdisc+0xac0/0xac0
[ 279.895213] ? mutex_lock+0x7d/0xd0
[ 279.896005] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x10/0x10
[ 279.896910] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x5fe/0x9d0
[ 279.897770] ? rtnl_calcit.isra.0+0x2b0/0x2b0
[ 279.898672] ? __sys_sendmsg+0xb5/0x140
[ 279.899494] ? do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90
[ 279.900302] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
[ 279.901337] ? kasan_save_stack+0x2e/0x40
[ 279.902177] ? kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
[ 279.903058] ? kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
[ 279.903913] ? kasan_save_free_info+0x2a/0x40
[ 279.904836] ? ____kasan_slab_free+0x11a/0x1b0
[ 279.905741] ? kmem_cache_free+0x179/0x400
[ 279.906599] netlink_rcv_skb+0x12c/0x360
[ 279.907450] ? rtnl_calcit.isra.0+0x2b0/0x2b0
[ 279.908360] ? netlink_ack+0x1550/0x1550
[ 279.909192] ? rhashtable_walk_peek+0x170/0x170
[ 279.910135] ? kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1af/0x390
[ 279.911086] ? _copy_from_iter+0x3d6/0xc70
[ 279.912031] netlink_unicast+0x553/0x790
[ 279.912864] ? netlink_attachskb+0x6a0/0x6a0
[ 279.913763] ? netlink_recvmsg+0x416/0xb50
[ 279.914627] netlink_sendmsg+0x7a1/0xcb0
[ 279.915473] ? netlink_unicast+0x790/0x790
[ 279.916334] ? iovec_from_user.part.0+0x4d/0x220
[ 279.917293] ? netlink_unicast+0x790/0x790
[ 279.918159] sock_sendmsg+0xc5/0x190
[ 279.918938] ____sys_sendmsg+0x535/0x6b0
[ 279.919813] ? import_iovec+0x7/0x10
[ 279.920601] ? kernel_sendmsg+0x30/0x30
[ 279.921423] ? __copy_msghdr+0x3c0/0x3c0
[ 279.922254] ? import_iovec+0x7/0x10
[ 279.923041] ___sys_sendmsg+0xeb/0x170
[ 279.923854] ? copy_msghdr_from_user+0x110/0x110
[ 279.924797] ? ___sys_recvmsg+0xd9/0x130
[ 279.925630] ? __perf_event_task_sched_in+0x183/0x470
[ 279.926656] ? ___sys_sendmsg+0x170/0x170
[ 279.927529] ? ctx_sched_in+0x530/0x530
[ 279.928369] ? update_curr+0x283/0x4f0
[ 279.929185] ? perf_event_update_userpage+0x570/0x570
[ 279.930201] ? __fget_light+0x57/0x520
[ 279.931023] ? __switch_to+0x53d/0xe70
[ 27
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Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.3 5.4.243

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 6.3.7-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.3.7-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.37-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1023.25 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-83.92 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1044.49 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1046.53 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1046.53.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1041.49 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1041.46 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1027.32 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1037.40 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1039.45 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1032.32 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1017.17 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1004.4 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1042.48 —
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 5.4.0-162.179 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1109.118 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1044.49~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1115.122 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1046.53~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1070.76 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1112.121 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1041.49~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-83.92~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1056.61 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1037.40~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1040.46~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1021.22 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1098.104 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1017.17~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1108.117 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1042.48~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1093.104 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1040.44~20.04.3 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1029.33 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 6 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 5.15.0-1038.40 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1045.50 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1109.118+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1115.122+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1084.93 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1112.121+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1109.118~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1115.122~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1112.121~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-162.179~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1056.61~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1108.117~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1093.104~18.04.1 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.29-47.49 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +12 6.1.29-47.49.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-184

Advisories 1

References