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🛡️ CVE-2023-54269 — kernel

🔴 CVSS 9.8 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
9.8
CVSS Score
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Description

SUNRPC: double free xprt_ctxt while still in use

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

SUNRPC: double free xprt_ctxt while still in use

When an RPC request is deferred, the rq_xprt_ctxt pointer is moved out

of the svc_rqst into the svc_deferred_req.

When the deferred request is revisited, the pointer is copied into

the new svc_rqst - and also remains in the svc_deferred_req.

In the (rare?) case that the request is deferred a second time, the old

svc_deferred_req is reused - it still has all the correct content.

However in that case the rq_xprt_ctxt pointer is NOT cleared so that

when xpo_release_xprt is called, the ctxt is freed (UDP) or possible

added to a free list (RDMA).

When the deferred request is revisited for a second time, it will

reference this ctxt which may be invalid, and the free the object a

second time which is likely to oops.

So change svc_defer() to *always* clear rq_xprt_ctxt, and assert that

the value is now stored in the svc_deferred_req.

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 high, integrity high, 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:H/I:H/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: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2023-54269 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 5.18.0 up to 6.3.4)
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 30 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)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

Other advisories for this package

kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2023-54269 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Critical
CVSS Score 9.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-12-30
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 5.18.0 6.3.4
unknown — —

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