CVE-2023-54303 — Race Condition within a Thread in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 93.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 30
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Disable preemption in bpf_perf_event_output
The nesting protection in bpf_perf_event_output relies on disabled
preemption, which is guaranteed for kprobes and tracepoints.
However bpf_perf_event_output can be also called from uprobes context
through bpf_prog_run_array_sleepable function which disables migration,
but keeps preemption enabled.
This can cause task to be preempted by another one inside the nesting
protectio…
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux8c7dcb84e3b744b2b70baa7a44a9b1881c33a9c9 — 3654ed5daf492463c3faa434c7000d45c2da2ace+3
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-cw6q-jwcq-fg6h: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Disable preemption in bpf_perf_event_output
The nesting protection in bpf_p↗2025-12-30
OSV▶
CVE-2023-54303: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Disable preemption in bpf_perf_event_output The nesting protection in bpf_per↗2025-12-30