🛡️ UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53809
⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: l2tp: Avoid possible recursive deadlock in l2tp_tunnel_register() When a file descriptor of pppol2tp socket is passed as file descriptor of UDP socket, a recursive deadlock occurs in l2tp_tunnel_register(). This situation is reproduced by the following program: int main(void) { int sock; struct sockaddr_pppol2tp addr; sock = socket(AF_PPPOX, SOCK_DGRAM, PX_PROTO_OL2TP); if (sock < 0) { perror("socket"); return 1; } addr.sa_family = AF_PPPOX; addr.sa_protocol = PX_PROTO_OL2TP; addr.pppol2tp.pid = 0; addr.pppol2tp.fd = sock; addr.pppol2tp.addr.sin_family = PF_INET; addr.pppol2tp.addr.sin_port = htons(0); addr.pppol2tp.addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("192.168.0.1"); addr.pppol2tp.s_tunnel = 1; addr.pppol2tp.s_session = 0; addr.pppol2tp.d_tunnel = 0; addr.pppol2tp.d_session = 0; if (connect(sock, (const struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0) { perror("connect"); return 1; } return 0; } This program causes the following lockdep warning: ============================================ WARNING: possible recursive locking detected 6.2.0-rc5-00205-gc96618275234 #56 Not tainted -------------------------------------------- repro/8607 is trying to acquire lock: ffff8880213c8130 (sk_lock-AF_PPPOX){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: l2tp_tunnel_register+0x2b7/0x11c0 but task is already holding lock: ffff8880213c8130 (sk_lock-AF_PPPOX){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: pppol2tp_connect+0xa82/0x1a30 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 ---- lock(sk_lock-AF_PPPOX); lock(sk_lock-AF_PPPOX); *** DEADLOCK *** May be due to missing lock nesting notation 1 lock held by repro/8607: #0: ffff8880213c8130 (sk_lock-AF_PPPOX){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: pppol2tp_connect+0xa82/0x1a30 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 8607 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.2.0-rc5-00205-gc96618275234 #56 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x178 __lock_acquire.cold+0x119/0x3b9 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x410/0x410 lock_acquire+0x1e0/0x610 ? l2tp_tunnel_register+0x2b7/0x11c0 ? lock_downgrade+0x710/0x710 ? __fget_files+0x283/0x3e0 lock_sock_nested+0x3a/0xf0 ? l2tp_tunnel_register+0x2b7/0x11c0 l2tp_tunnel_register+0x2b7/0x11c0 ? sprintf+0xc4/0x100 ? l2tp_tunnel_del_work+0x6b0/0x6b0 ? debug_object_deactivate+0x320/0x320 ? lockdep_init_map_type+0x16d/0x7a0 ? lockdep_init_map_type+0x16d/0x7a0 ? l2tp_tunnel_create+0x2bf/0x4b0 ? l2tp_tunnel_create+0x3c6/0x4b0 pppol2tp_connect+0x14e1/0x1a30 ? pppol2tp_put_sk+0xd0/0xd0 ? aa_sk_perm+0x2b7/0xa80 ? aa_af_perm+0x260/0x260 ? bpf_lsm_socket_connect+0x9/0x10 ? pppol2tp_put_sk+0xd0/0xd0 __sys_connect_file+0x14f/0x190 __sys_connect+0x133/0x160 ? __sys_connect_file+0x190/0x190 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x7d/0x100 ? ktime_get_coarse_real_ts64+0x1b7/0x200 ? ktime_get_coarse_real_ts64+0x147/0x200 ? __audit_syscall_entry+0x396/0x500 __x64_sys_connect+0x72/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x38/0xb0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd This patch fixes the issue by getting/creating the tunnel before locking the pppol2tp socket.

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-12-09
Updated 2026-06-15
Modified 2026-06-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
linux 5.15.0-75.82
linux-allwinner-5.19
linux-aws 5.15.0-1038.43
linux-aws-5.0
linux-aws-5.11
linux-aws-5.13
linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1038.43~20.04.1
linux-aws-5.19
linux-aws-5.3
linux-aws-5.8
linux-aws-6.2
linux-aws-6.5
linux-azure 5.15.0-1040.47
linux-azure-5.11
linux-azure-5.13
linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1040.47~20.04.1
linux-azure-5.19
linux-azure-5.3
linux-azure-5.8
linux-azure-6.11
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-bluefield
linux-fips
linux-gcp 5.15.0-1036.44
linux-gcp-5.11
linux-gcp-5.13
linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1036.44~20.04.1
linux-gcp-5.19
linux-gcp-5.3
linux-gcp-5.8
linux-gcp-6.11
linux-gcp-6.2
linux-gcp-6.5
linux-gke 5.15.0-1036.41
linux-gke-4.15
linux-gke-5.15
linux-gke-5.4
linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1022.27
linux-gkeop-5.15
linux-gkeop-5.4
linux-hwe
linux-hwe-5.11
linux-hwe-5.13
linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-75.82~20.04.1
linux-hwe-5.19
linux-hwe-5.8
linux-hwe-6.11
linux-hwe-6.2
linux-hwe-6.5
linux-hwe-edge
linux-ibm 5.15.0-1032.35
linux-intel-5.13
linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1033.35
linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1033.38
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1033.38~20.04.1
linux-kvm 5.15.0-1035.40
linux-lowlatency 5.15.0-75.82
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-75.82~20.04.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1027.27
linux-nvidia-6.11
linux-nvidia-6.2
linux-nvidia-6.5
linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1015.15
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1015.15~20.04.1
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-6.11
linux-oem-6.5
linux-oem-6.8
linux-oracle 5.15.0-1037.43
linux-oracle-5.0
linux-oracle-5.11
linux-oracle-5.13
linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1037.43~20.04.1
linux-oracle-5.3
linux-oracle-5.8
linux-oracle-6.5
linux-raspi 5.15.0-1032.35
linux-raspi-realtime
linux-raspi2
linux-realtime
linux-riscv
linux-riscv-5.11
linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1035.39~20.04.1
linux-riscv-5.19
linux-riscv-5.8
linux-riscv-6.14
linux-riscv-6.5
linux-starfive-5.19
linux-starfive-6.2
linux-starfive-6.5

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