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CVE-2023-54195

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix timeout of a call that hasn't yet been granted a channel afs_make_call() calls rxrpc_kernel_begin_call() to begin a call (which may get stalled in the background waiting for a connection to become available); it then calls rxrpc_kernel_set_max_life() to set the timeouts - but that starts the call timer so the call timer might then expire before we get a connection assigned - leading to the following oops if the call stalled: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 ... CPU: 1 PID: 5111 Comm: krxrpcio/0 Not tainted 6.3.0-rc7-build3+ #701 RIP: 0010:rxrpc_alloc_txbuf+0xc0/0x157 ... Call Trace: <TASK> rxrpc_send_ACK+0x50/0x13b rxrpc_input_call_event+0x16a/0x67d rxrpc_io_thread+0x1b6/0x45f ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x1f/0x35 ? rxrpc_input_packet+0x519/0x519 kthread+0xe7/0xef ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x1b/0x1b ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 Fix this by noting the timeouts in struct rxrpc_call when the call is created. The timer will be started when the first packet is transmitted. It shouldn't be possible to trigger this directly from userspace through AF_RXRPC as sendmsg() will return EBUSY if the call is in the waiting-for-conn state if it dropped out of the wait due to a signal.

Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2025-12-30 13:16:07.547000
Last modified
2026-10-28 19:10:00.193000
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{
  "id": "CVE-2023-54195",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2025-12-30T13:16:07.547",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-28T19:10:00.193",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrxrpc: Fix timeout of a call that hasn't yet been granted a channel\n\nafs_make_call() calls rxrpc_kernel_begin_call() to begin a call (which may\nget stalled in the background waiting for a connection to become\navailable); it then calls rxrpc_kernel_set_max_life() to set the timeouts -\nbut that starts the call timer so the call timer might then expire before\nwe get a connection assigned - leading to the following oops if the call\nstalled:\n\n\tBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n\t...\n\tCPU: 1 PID: 5111 Comm: krxrpcio/0 Not tainted 6.3.0-rc7-build3+ #701\n\tRIP: 0010:rxrpc_alloc_txbuf+0xc0/0x157\n\t...\n\tCall Trace:\n\t <TASK>\n\t rxrpc_send_ACK+0x50/0x13b\n\t rxrpc_input_call_event+0x16a/0x67d\n\t rxrpc_io_thread+0x1b6/0x45f\n\t ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x1f/0x35\n\t ? rxrpc_input_packet+0x519/0x519\n\t kthread+0xe7/0xef\n\t ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x1b/0x1b\n\t ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30\n\nFix this by noting the timeouts in struct rxrpc_call when the call is\ncreated.  The timer will be started when the first packet is transmitted.\n\nIt shouldn't be possible to trigger this directly from userspace through\nAF_RXRPC as sendmsg() will return EBUSY if the call is in the\nwaiting-for-conn state if it dropped out of the wait due to a signal."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nrxrpc: Corrección del tiempo de espera de una llamada a la que aún no se le ha concedido un canal\n\nafs_make_call() llama a rxrpc_kernel_begin_call() para iniciar una llamada (la cual puede quedarse estancada en segundo plano esperando que una conexión esté disponible); luego llama a rxrpc_kernel_set_max_life() para establecer los tiempos de espera - pero eso inicia el temporizador de la llamada, por lo que el temporizador de la llamada podría expirar antes de que se nos asigne una conexión - lo que lleva al siguiente oops si la llamada se estancó:\n\n\tBUG: desreferencia de puntero NULL del kernel, dirección: 0000000000000000\n\t...\n\tCPU: 1 PID: 5111 Comm: krxrpcio/0 No contaminado 6.3.0-rc7-build3+ #701\n\tRIP: 0010:rxrpc_alloc_txbuf+0xc0/0x157\n\t...\n\tTraza de Llamada:\n\t [TAREA]\n\t rxrpc_send_ACK+0x50/0x13b\n\t rxrpc_input_call_event+0x16a/0x67d\n\t rxrpc_io_thread+0x1b6/0x45f\n\t ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x1f/0x35\n\t ? rxrpc_input_packet+0x519/0x519\n\t kthread+0xe7/0xef\n\t ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x1b/0x1b\n\t ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30\n\nSolucione esto anotando los tiempos de espera en la estructura rxrpc_call cuando se crea la llamada. El temporizador se iniciará cuando se transmita el primer paquete.\n\nNo debería ser posible activar esto directamente desde el espacio de usuario a través de AF_RXRPC, ya que sendmsg() devolverá EBUSY si la llamada está en el estado de espera de conexión si salió de la espera debido a una señal."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "programFiles": [
            "fs/afs/afs.h",
            "fs/afs/internal.h",
            "fs/afs/rxrpc.c",
            "include/net/af_rxrpc.h",
            "net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c",
            "net/rxrpc/ar-internal.h",
            "net/rxrpc/call_object.c",
            "net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "9d35d880e0e4a3ab32d8c12f9e4d76198aadd42d",
              "lessThan": "92128a7170a220b5126d09a1c1954a3a8d46cef3",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
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          ]
        },
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "programFiles": [
            "fs/afs/afs.h",
            "fs/afs/internal.h",
            "fs/afs/rxrpc.c",
            "include/net/af_rxrpc.h",
            "net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c",
            "net/rxrpc/ar-internal.h",
            "net/rxrpc/call_object.c",
            "net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "6.2",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "6.2",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.2.16",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.2.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.3.3",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.3.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.4",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
              "status": "unaffected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72f4a9f3f447948cf86dffe1c4a4c8a429ab9666",
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}