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🛡️ CVE-2023-54004 — kernel

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
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Description

udplite: Fix NULL pointer dereference in __sk_mem_raise_allocated().

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

udplite: Fix NULL pointer dereference in __sk_mem_raise_allocated().

syzbot reported [0] a null-ptr-deref in sk_get_rmem0() while using

IPPROTO_UDPLITE (0x88):

14:25:52 executing program 1:

r0 = socket$inet6(0xa, 0x80002, 0x88)

We had a similar report [1] for probably sk_memory_allocated_add()

in __sk_mem_raise_allocated(), and commit c915fe13cbaa ("udplite: fix

NULL pointer dereference") fixed it by setting .memory_allocated for

udplite_prot and udplitev6_prot.

To fix the variant, we need to set either .sysctl_wmem_offset or

.sysctl_rmem.

Now UDP and UDPLITE share the same value for .memory_allocated, so we

use the same .sysctl_wmem_offset for UDP and UDPLITE.

[0]:

general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN

KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]

CPU: 0 PID: 6829 Comm: syz-executor.1 Not tainted 6.4.0-rc2-syzkaller #0

Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/28/2023

RIP: 0010:sk_get_rmem0 include/net/sock.h:2907 [inline]

RIP: 0010:__sk_mem_raise_allocated+0x806/0x17a0 net/core/sock.c:3006

Code: c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 23 0f 00 00 48 8b 44 24 08 48 8b 98 38 01 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 da 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 14 02 48 89 d8 83 e0 07 83 c0 03 38 d0 0f 8d 6f 0a 00 00 8b

RSP: 0018:ffffc90005d7f450 EFLAGS: 00010246

RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffc90004d92000

RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff88066482 RDI: ffffffff8e2ccbb8

RBP: ffff8880173f7000 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000

R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000030000

R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000340 R15: 0000000000000001

FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9800000(0063) knlGS:00000000f7f1cb40

CS: 0010 DS: 002b ES: 002b CR0: 0000000080050033

CR2: 000000002e82f000 CR3: 0000000034ff0000 CR4: 00000000003506f0

Call Trace:

<TASK>

__sk_mem_schedule+0x6c/0xe0 net/core/sock.c:3077

udp_rmem_schedule net/ipv4/udp.c:1539 [inline]

__udp_enqueue_schedule_skb+0x776/0xb30 net/ipv4/udp.c:1581

__udpv6_queue_rcv_skb net/ipv6/udp.c:666 [inline]

udpv6_queue_rcv_one_skb+0xc39/0x16c0 net/ipv6/udp.c:775

udpv6_queue_rcv_skb+0x194/0xa10 net/ipv6/udp.c:793

__udp6_lib_mcast_deliver net/ipv6/udp.c:906 [inline]

__udp6_lib_rcv+0x1bda/0x2bd0 net/ipv6/udp.c:1013

ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x2e7/0x1250 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:437

ip6_input_finish+0x150/0x2f0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:482

NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:303 [inline]

NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:297 [inline]

ip6_input+0xa0/0xd0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:491

ip6_mc_input+0x40b/0xf50 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:585

dst_input include/net/dst.h:468 [inline]

ip6_rcv_finish net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:79 [inline]

NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:303 [inline]

NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:297 [inline]

ipv6_rcv+0x250/0x380 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:309

__netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x114/0x180 net/core/dev.c:5491

__netif_receive_skb+0x1f/0x1c0 net/core/dev.c:5605

netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:5691 [inline]

netif_receive_skb+0x133/0x7a0 net/core/dev.c:5750

tun_rx_batched+0x4b3/0x7a0 drivers/net/tun.c:1553

tun_get_user+0x2452/0x39c0 drivers/net/tun.c:1989

tun_chr_write_iter+0xdf/0x200 drivers/net/tun.c:2035

call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:1868 [inline]

new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline]

vfs_write+0x945/0xd50 fs/read_write.c:584

ksys_write+0x12b/0x250 fs/read_write.c:637

do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline]

__do_fast_syscall_32+0x65/0xf0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178

do_fast_syscall_32+0x33/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203

entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82

RIP: 0023:0xf7f21579

Code: b8 01 10 06 03 74 b4 01 10 07 03 74 b0 01 10 08 03 74 d8 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 51 52 55 89 e5 0f 34 cd 80 <5d> 5a 59 c3 90 90 90 90 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00

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How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2023-54004 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.2.0 up to 6.3.5)
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 24 December 2025 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

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Details

Severity High
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-12-24
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.2.0 6.3.5
unknown — —

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