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CVE-2023-54112— kcm: Fix memory leak in error path of kcm_sendmsg()

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于错误路径中未释放内存，可能导致内存泄漏。

AI Predicted 5.3 Difficulty: Easy EPSS 0.21% · P11

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1496 · Resource Hijacking

Affected Version Matrix 18

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3< 8dc7eb757b1652b82725f32e0c89a1e9f6c0e13b affected
ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3< 5e5554389397e98fafb9efe395d8b4830dd5f042 affected
ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3< 479c71cda14b3c3a6515773faa39055333eaa2b7 affected
ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3< 33db24ad811b3576a0c2f8862506763f2be925b0 affected
ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3< 97275339c34cfbccd65e87bc38fd910ae66c48ba affected
ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3< 16989de75497574b5fafd174c0c233d5a86858b7 affected
ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3< af8085e0fc3207ecbf8b9e7a635c790e36d058c6 affected
ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3< c821a88bd720b0046433173185fd841a100d44ad affected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-54112

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Vulnerability Title
kcm: Fix memory leak in error path of kcm_sendmsg()
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kcm: Fix memory leak in error path of kcm_sendmsg() syzbot reported a memory leak like below: BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff88810b088c00 (size 240): comm "syz-executor186", pid 5012, jiffies 4294943306 (age 13.680s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 89 08 0b 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff83e5d5ff>] __alloc_skb+0x1ef/0x230 net/core/skbuff.c:634 [<ffffffff84606e59>] alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1289 [inline] [<ffffffff84606e59>] kcm_sendmsg+0x269/0x1050 net/kcm/kcmsock.c:815 [<ffffffff83e479c6>] sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:725 [inline] [<ffffffff83e479c6>] sock_sendmsg+0x56/0xb0 net/socket.c:748 [<ffffffff83e47f55>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x365/0x470 net/socket.c:2494 [<ffffffff83e4c389>] ___sys_sendmsg+0xc9/0x130 net/socket.c:2548 [<ffffffff83e4c536>] __sys_sendmsg+0xa6/0x120 net/socket.c:2577 [<ffffffff84ad7bb8>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] [<ffffffff84ad7bb8>] do_syscall_64+0x38/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 [<ffffffff84c0008b>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd In kcm_sendmsg(), kcm_tx_msg(head)->last_skb is used as a cursor to append newly allocated skbs to 'head'. If some bytes are copied, an error occurred, and jumped to out_error label, 'last_skb' is left unmodified. A later kcm_sendmsg() will use an obsoleted 'last_skb' reference, corrupting the 'head' frag_list and causing the leak. This patch fixes this issue by properly updating the last allocated skb in 'last_skb'.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于错误路径中未释放内存，可能导致内存泄漏。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux ab7ac4eb9832e32a09f4e8042705484d2fb0aad3 ~ 8dc7eb757b1652b82725f32e0c89a1e9f6c0e13b -
Linux Linux 4.6 -

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Other References for CVE-2023-54112 (3)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-12-24 · 322 CVEs total

CVE-2023-54076 9.8 CRITICAL smb: client: fix missed ses refcounting
CVE-2022-50717 9.8 CRITICAL nvmet-tcp: add bounds check on Transfer Tag
CVE-2025-68745 9.8 CRITICAL scsi: qla2xxx: Clear cmds after chip reset
CVE-2025-68741 9.8 CRITICAL scsi: qla2xxx: Fix improper freeing of purex item
CVE-2023-54090 9.8 CRITICAL ixgbe: Fix panic during XDP_TX with > 64 CPUs
CVE-2023-54094 9.8 CRITICAL net: prevent skb corruption on frag list segmentation
CVE-2023-53867 9.8 CRITICAL ceph: fix potential use-after-free bug when trimming caps
CVE-2025-68359 9.8 CRITICAL btrfs: fix double free of qgroup record after failure to add delayed ref head
CVE-2025-68726 9.8 CRITICAL crypto: aead - Fix reqsize handling
CVE-2023-53996 9.3 CRITICAL x86/sev: Make enc_dec_hypercall() accept a size instead of npages
CVE-2023-54071 8.8 HIGH wifi: rtw88: use work to update rate to avoid RCU warning
CVE-2023-54060 8.8 HIGH iommufd: Set end correctly when doing batch carry
CVE-2023-54043 8.8 HIGH iommufd: Do not add the same hwpt to the ioas->hwpt_list twice
CVE-2022-50732 8.8 HIGH staging: rtl8192u: Fix use after free in ieee80211_rx()
CVE-2025-68736 8.8 HIGH landlock: Fix handling of disconnected directories
CVE-2023-54040 8.8 HIGH ice: fix wrong fallback logic for FDIR
CVE-2023-54092 8.8 HIGH KVM: s390: pv: fix index value of replaced ASCE
CVE-2023-54120 8.8 HIGH Bluetooth: Fix race condition in hidp_session_thread
CVE-2023-53986 8.6 HIGH mips: bmips: BCM6358: disable RAC flush for TP1
CVE-2022-50746 8.4 HIGH erofs: validate the extent length for uncompressed pclusters

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