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🛡️ CVE-2023-52998 on Ubuntu — linux-allwinner-5.19

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fec: Use page_pool_put_full_page when freeing rx buffers The page_pool_release_page was used when freeing rx buffers, and this function just unmaps the page (if mapped) and does not recycle the page. So after hundreds of down/up the eth0, the system will out of memory. For more details, please refer to the following reproduce steps and bug logs. To solve this issue and refer to the doc of page pool, the page_pool_put_full_page should be used to replace page_pool_release_page. Because this API will try to recycle the page if the page refcnt equal to 1. After testing 20000 times, the issue can not be reproduced anymore (about testing 391 times the issue will occur on i.MX8MN-EVK before). Reproduce steps: Create the test script and run the script. The script content is as follows: LOOPS=20000 i=1 while [ $i -le $LOOPS ] do echo "TINFO:ENET $curface up and down test $i times" org_macaddr=$(cat /sys/class/net/eth0/address) ifconfig eth0 down ifconfig eth0 hw ether $org_macaddr up i=$(expr $i + 1) done sleep 5 if cat /sys/class/net/eth0/operstate | grep 'up';then echo "TEST PASS" else echo "TEST FAIL" fi Bug detail logs: TINFO:ENET up and down test 391 times [ 850.471205] Qualcomm Atheros AR8031/AR8033 30be0000.ethernet-1:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=30be0000.ethernet-1:00, irq=POLL) [ 853.535318] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready [ 853.541694] fec 30be0000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx [ 870.590531] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 199 inflight 60 sec [ 931.006557] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 199 inflight 120 sec TINFO:ENET up and down test 392 times [ 991.426544] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 192 inflight 181 sec [ 1051.838531] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 170 inflight 241 sec [ 1093.751217] Qualcomm Atheros AR8031/AR8033 30be0000.ethernet-1:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=30be0000.ethernet-1:00, irq=POLL) [ 1096.446520] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 308 inflight 60 sec [ 1096.831245] fec 30be0000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx [ 1096.839092] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready [ 1112.254526] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 103 inflight 302 sec [ 1156.862533] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 308 inflight 120 sec [ 1172.674516] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 103 inflight 362 sec [ 1217.278532] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 308 inflight 181 sec TINFO:ENET up and down test 393 times [ 1233.086535] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 103 inflight 422 sec [ 1277.698513] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 308 inflight 241 sec [ 1293.502525] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 86 inflight 483 sec [ 1338.110518] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 308 inflight 302 sec [ 1353.918540] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 32 inflight 543 sec [ 1361.179205] Qualcomm Atheros AR8031/AR8033 30be0000.ethernet-1:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=30be0000.ethernet-1:00, irq=POLL) [ 1364.255298] fec 30be0000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx [ 1364.263189] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready [ 1371.998532] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 310 inflight 60 sec [ 1398.530542] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 308 inflight 362 sec [ 1414.334539] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 16 inflight 604 sec [ 1432.414520] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 310 inflight 120 sec [ 1458.942523] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 308 inflight 422 sec [ 1474.750521] page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown 16 inflight 664 sec TINFO:ENET up and down test 394 times [ 1492.8305 ---truncated---

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-52998 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package linux-allwinner-5.19. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level 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:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • 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

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52998 is recorded against 77 packages.

  • linux-allwinner-5.19
  • linux-aws-5.0
  • linux-aws-5.11
  • linux-aws-5.13
  • linux-aws-5.19
  • linux-aws-5.3
  • linux-aws-5.8
  • linux-aws-6.2
  • linux-aws-6.5
  • linux-azure
  • linux-azure-5.11
  • linux-azure-5.13
  • linux-azure-5.19
  • linux-azure-5.3
  • linux-azure-5.8
  • linux-azure-6.2
  • linux-azure-6.5
  • linux-azure-edge
  • linux-azure-fde
  • linux-azure-fde-5.19
  • linux-azure-fde-6.2
  • linux-gcp
  • linux-gcp-5.11
  • linux-gcp-5.13
Show the remaining 53 packages
  • linux-gcp-5.19
  • linux-gcp-5.3
  • linux-gcp-5.8
  • linux-gcp-6.2
  • linux-gcp-6.5
  • linux-gke
  • linux-gke-4.15
  • linux-gke-5.15
  • linux-gke-5.4
  • linux-gkeop
  • linux-gkeop-5.15
  • linux-gkeop-5.4
  • linux-hwe
  • linux-hwe-5.11
  • linux-hwe-5.13
  • linux-hwe-5.19
  • linux-hwe-5.8
  • linux-hwe-6.2
  • linux-hwe-6.5
  • linux-hwe-edge
  • linux-intel-5.13
  • linux-intel-iot-realtime
  • linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
  • linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
  • linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
  • linux-nvidia-6.2
  • linux-nvidia-6.5
  • linux-oem
  • linux-oem-5.10
  • linux-oem-5.13
  • linux-oem-5.14
  • linux-oem-5.17
  • linux-oem-5.6
  • linux-oem-6.0
  • linux-oem-6.1
  • linux-oem-6.5
  • linux-oracle-5.0
  • linux-oracle-5.11
  • linux-oracle-5.13
  • linux-oracle-5.3
  • linux-oracle-5.8
  • linux-oracle-6.5
  • linux-raspi-realtime
  • linux-raspi2
  • linux-realtime
  • linux-riscv
  • linux-riscv-5.11
  • linux-riscv-5.19
  • linux-riscv-5.8
  • linux-riscv-6.5
  • linux-starfive-5.19
  • linux-starfive-6.2
  • linux-starfive-6.5

Timeline and source

Published on 27 March 2025 and last revised on 3 November 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
git.kernel.org (Report)
git.kernel.org (Report)
git.kernel.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

linux-allwinner-5.19 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2023-52998 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-03-27
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2025-11-03
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
linux-allwinner-5.19 — —
linux-aws-5.0 — —
linux-aws-5.11 — —
linux-aws-5.13 — —
linux-aws-5.19 — —
linux-aws-5.3 — —
linux-aws-5.8 — —
linux-aws-6.2 — —
linux-aws-6.5 — —
linux-azure — —
linux-azure-5.11 — —
linux-azure-5.13 — —
linux-azure-5.19 — —
linux-azure-5.3 — —
linux-azure-5.8 — —
linux-azure-6.2 — —
linux-azure-6.5 — —
linux-azure-edge — —
linux-azure-fde — —
linux-azure-fde-5.19 — —
linux-azure-fde-6.2 — —
linux-gcp — —
linux-gcp-5.11 — —
linux-gcp-5.13 — —
linux-gcp-5.19 — —
linux-gcp-5.3 — —
linux-gcp-5.8 — —
linux-gcp-6.2 — —
linux-gcp-6.5 — —
linux-gke — —
linux-gke-4.15 — —
linux-gke-5.15 — —
linux-gke-5.4 — —
linux-gkeop — —
linux-gkeop-5.15 — —
linux-gkeop-5.4 — —
linux-hwe — —
linux-hwe-5.11 — —
linux-hwe-5.13 — —
linux-hwe-5.19 — —
linux-hwe-5.8 — —
linux-hwe-6.2 — —
linux-hwe-6.5 — —
linux-hwe-edge — —
linux-intel-5.13 — —
linux-intel-iot-realtime — —
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 — —
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 — —
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 — —
linux-nvidia-6.2 — —
linux-nvidia-6.5 — —
linux-oem — —
linux-oem-5.10 — —
linux-oem-5.13 — —
linux-oem-5.14 — —
linux-oem-5.17 — —
linux-oem-5.6 — —
linux-oem-6.0 — —
linux-oem-6.1 — —
linux-oem-6.5 — —
linux-oracle-5.0 — —
linux-oracle-5.11 — —
linux-oracle-5.13 — —
linux-oracle-5.3 — —
linux-oracle-5.8 — —
linux-oracle-6.5 — —
linux-raspi-realtime — —
linux-raspi2 — —
linux-realtime — —
linux-riscv — —
linux-riscv-5.11 — —
linux-riscv-5.19 — —
linux-riscv-5.8 — —
linux-riscv-6.5 — —
linux-starfive-5.19 — —
linux-starfive-6.2 — —
linux-starfive-6.5 — —

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