Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-52654
Published: June 25, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU93257
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52654
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the scm_fp_copy() function in net/core/scm.c, within the io_finish_async() and io_sqe_files_register() functions in fs/io_uring.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-52654
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18824f592aad4124d79751bbc1500ea86ac3ff29
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fe1ea5f921bf5b71cbfdc4469fb96c05936610e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcedd497b3b4a0be56f3adf7c7542720eced0792
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2f57f51b53be153a522300454ddb3887722fb2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a33d385eb36991a91e3dddb189d8679e2aac2be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/705318a99a138c29a512a72c3e0043b3cd7f55f4
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.204
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.143
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.264
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.68
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.7
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.7