linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: fix struct pid leaks in OOB support sy...
CVE-2023-53136 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2023-148, released March 30, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: fix struct pid leaks in OOB support syzbot reported struct pid leak [1]. Issue is that queue_oob() calls maybe_add_creds() which potentially holds a reference on a pid. But skb->destructor is not set (either directly or by calling unix_scm_to_skb()) This means that subsequent kfree_skb() or consume_skb() would leak this reference. In this fix, I chose to fully support scm even for the OOB message. [1] BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff8881053e7f80 (size 128): comm "syz-executor242", pid 5066, jiffies 4294946079 (age 13.220s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff812ae26a>] alloc_pid+0x6a/0x560 kernel/pid.c:180 [<ffffffff812718df>] copy_process+0x169f/0x26c0 kernel/fork.c:2285 [<ffffffff81272b37>] kernel_clone+0xf7/0x610 kernel/fork.c:2684 [<ffffffff812730cc>] __do_sys_clone+0x7c/0xb0 kernel/fork.c:2825 [<ffffffff849ad699>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] [<ffffffff849ad699>] do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 [<ffffffff84a0008b>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| bpftool · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| bpftool-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| kernel · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| kernel-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| kernel-devel · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| kernel-headers · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| kernel-libbpf · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| kernel-libbpf-devel · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| kernel-libbpf-static · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| kernel-livepatch-6.1.21-1.45 · amzn 2023 | 1.0-0.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| kernel-tools · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| kernel-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| kernel-tools-devel · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.1.20-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53136 | May 2, 2025 |
| linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.1.20-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53136 | May 2, 2025 |
| linux · Debian 14 | 6.1.20-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53136 | May 2, 2025 |
| perf · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| python3-perf · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| python3-perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 6.1.21-1.45.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2023-148 | Mar 30, 2023 |
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