CVE-2023-53186

MEDIUM EPSS 1.1%
Published Sep 15, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
4.7 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 15, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: skbuff: Fix a race between coalescing and releasing SKBs Commit 1effe8ca4e34 ("skbuff: fix coalescing for page_pool fragment recycling") allowed coalescing to proceed with non page pool page and page pool page when @from is cloned, i.e. to->pp_recycle --> false from->pp_recycle --> true skb_cloned(from) --> true However, it actually requires skb_cloned(@from) to hold true until coalescing finishes in this situation. If the other cloned SKB is released while the merging is in process, from_shinfo->nr_frags will be set to 0 toward the end of the function, causing the increment of frag page _refcount to be unexpectedly skipped resulting in inconsistent reference counts. Later when SKB(@to) is released, it frees the page directly even though the page pool page is still in use, leading to use-after-free or double-free errors. So it should be prohibited. The double-free error message below prompted us to investigate: BUG: Bad page state in process swapper/1 pfn:0e0d1 page:00000000c6548b28 refcount:-1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x2 pfn:0xe0d1 flags: 0xfffffc0000000(node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) raw: 000fffffc0000000 0000000000000000 ffffffff00000101 0000000000000000 raw: 0000000000000002 0000000000000000 ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: nonzero _refcount CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Tainted: G E 6.2.0+ Call Trace: <IRQ> dump_stack_lvl+0x32/0x50 bad_page+0x69/0xf0 free_pcp_prepare+0x260/0x2f0 free_unref_page+0x20/0x1c0 skb_release_data+0x10b/0x1a0 napi_consume_skb+0x56/0x150 net_rx_action+0xf0/0x350 ? __napi_schedule+0x79/0x90 __do_softirq+0xc8/0x2b1 __irq_exit_rcu+0xb9/0xf0 common_interrupt+0x82/0xa0 </IRQ> <TASK> asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40 RIP: 0010:default_idle+0xb/0x20

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.7
Exploitability
1.0
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
1.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-362

Affected Products 9

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.15  –  <5.15.108
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.25
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.2.12
linuxlinux_kernel6.3any
linuxlinux_kernel6.3any
linuxlinux_kernel6.3any
linuxlinux_kernel6.3any
linuxlinux_kernel6.3any
linuxlinux_kernel6.3any

References 4

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0646dc31ca886693274df5749cd0c8c1eaaeb5ca
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f692c992a3bb9a8018e3488098b401a4229e7ec
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71850b5af92da21b4862a9bc55bda61091247d00
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/906a6689bb0191ad2a44131a3377006aa098af59
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0646dc31ca886693274df5749cd0c8c1eaaeb5ca
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f692c992a3bb9a8018e3488098b401a4229e7ec
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71850b5af92da21b4862a9bc55bda61091247d00
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/906a6689bb0191ad2a44131a3377006aa098af59
    Patch