CVE-2023-53824

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netlink: annotate lockless accesses to nlk->max_...

CVE-2023-53824 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2023-169, released April 27, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0019
9th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netlink: annotate lockless accesses to nlk->max_recvmsg_len syzbot reported a data-race in data-race in netlink_recvmsg() [1] Indeed, netlink_recvmsg() can be run concurrently, and netlink_dump() also needs protection. [1] BUG: KCSAN: data-race in netlink_recvmsg / netlink_recvmsg read to 0xffff888141840b38 of 8 bytes by task 23057 on cpu 0: netlink_recvmsg+0xea/0x730 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1988 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1017 [inline] sock_recvmsg net/socket.c:1038 [inline] __sys_recvfrom+0x1ee/0x2e0 net/socket.c:2194 __do_sys_recvfrom net/socket.c:2212 [inline] __se_sys_recvfrom net/socket.c:2208 [inline] __x64_sys_recvfrom+0x78/0x90 net/socket.c:2208 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd write to 0xffff888141840b38 of 8 bytes by task 23037 on cpu 1: netlink_recvmsg+0x114/0x730 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1989 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1017 [inline] sock_recvmsg net/socket.c:1038 [inline] ____sys_recvmsg+0x156/0x310 net/socket.c:2720 ___sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2762 [inline] do_recvmmsg+0x2e5/0x710 net/socket.c:2856 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2935 [inline] __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2958 [inline] __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2951 [inline] __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0xe2/0x160 net/socket.c:2951 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd value changed: 0x0000000000000000 -> 0x0000000000001000 Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on: CPU: 1 PID: 23037 Comm: syz-executor.2 Not tainted 6.3.0-rc4-syzkaller-00195-g5a57b48fdfcb #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/02/2023

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
bpftool-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
kernel · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
kernel-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
kernel-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
kernel-headers · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
kernel-libbpf · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
kernel-libbpf-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
kernel-libbpf-static · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
kernel-livepatch-6.1.25-37.47 · amzn 2023 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
kernel-tools · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
kernel-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
kernel-tools-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.25-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53824 Dec 9, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.1.25-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53824 Dec 9, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.1.25-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53824 Dec 9, 2025
perf · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
python3-perf · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023
python3-perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.25-37.47.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-169 Apr 27, 2023

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