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CVE-2023-54226
published 2025-12-30

CVE-2023-54226: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Fix data races around sk->sk_shutdown. KCSAN found a data race around…

PriorityP422medium5.1
EPSS
0.18%
7.6th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Fix data races around sk->sk_shutdown. KCSAN found a data race around sk->sk_shutdown where unix_release_sock() and unix_shutdown() update it under unix_state_lock(), OTOH unix_poll() and unix_dgram_poll() read it locklessly. We need to annotate the writes and reads with WRITE_ONCE() and READ_ONCE(). BUG: KCSAN: data-race in unix_poll / unix_release_sock write to 0xffff88800d0f8aec of 1 bytes by task 264 on cpu 0: unix_release_sock+0x75c/0x910 net/unix/af_unix.c:631 unix_release+0x59/0x80 net/unix/af_unix.c:1042 __sock_release+0x7d/0x170 net/socket.c:653 sock_close+0x19/0x30 net/socket.c:1397 __fput+0x179/0x5e0 fs/file_table.c:321 ____fput+0x15/0x20 fs/file_table.c:349 task_work_run+0x116/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:179 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline] exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:171 [inline] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x174/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:204 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:286 [inline] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1a/0x30 kernel/entry/common.c:297 do_syscall_64+0x4b/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc read to 0xffff88800d0f8aec of 1 bytes by task 222 on cpu 1: unix_poll+0xa3/0x2a0 net/unix/af_unix.c:3170 sock_poll+0xcf/0x2b0 net/socket.c:1385 vfs_poll include/linux/poll.h:88 [inline] ep_item_poll.isra.0+0x78/0xc0 fs/eventpoll.c:855 ep_send_events fs/eventpoll.c:1694 [inline] ep_poll fs/eventpoll.c:1823 [inline] do_epoll_wait+0x6c4/0xea0 fs/eventpoll.c:2258 __do_sys_epoll_wait fs/eventpoll.c:2270 [inline] __se_sys_epoll_wait fs/eventpoll.c:2265 [inline] __x64_sys_epoll_wait+0xcc/0x190 fs/eventpoll.c:2265 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc value changed: 0x00 -> 0x03 Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on: CPU: 1 PID: 222 Comm: dbus-broker Not tainted 6.3

Affected

19 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.37-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.37-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 1c488f4e95b498c977fbeae784983eb4cf6085e81c488f4e95b498c977fbeae784983eb4cf6085e8
linuxlinux>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 196528ad484443627779540697f4fb0ef0e01c52196528ad484443627779540697f4fb0ef0e01c52
linuxlinux>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 8307e372e7445ec7d3cd2ff107ce5078eaa028158307e372e7445ec7d3cd2ff107ce5078eaa02815
linuxlinux>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < a41559ae3681975f1ced815d8d4c983b6b938499a41559ae3681975f1ced815d8d4c983b6b938499
linuxlinux>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < e410895892f99700ce54347d42c8dbe962eea9f4e410895892f99700ce54347d42c8dbe962eea9f4
linuxlinux>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < f237f79b63c9242450e6869adcd2c10445859f28f237f79b63c9242450e6869adcd2c10445859f28
linuxlinux>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < e1d09c2c2f5793474556b60f83900e088d0d366de1d09c2c2f5793474556b60f83900e088d0d366d
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.191-15.10.191-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.37-16.1.37-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.3.7-16.3.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.3.7-16.3.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 2.6.12 < 4.19.2844.19.284
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.20.0 < 5.4.2445.4.244
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11.0 < 5.15.1135.15.113
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16.0 < 6.1.306.1.30
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5.0 < 5.10.1815.10.181
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2.0 < 6.3.46.3.4
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