Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-76410.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-76410
Upstream
Published
2025-10-07T16:15:46Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:22:56Z
Summary
CVE-2023-53635 affecting package kernel 5.15.200.1-1
Details

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

netfilter: conntrack: fix wrong ct->timeout value

(struct nf_conn)->timeout is an interval before the conntrack confirmed. After confirmed, it becomes a timestamp.

It is observed that timeout of an unconfirmed conntrack:

  • Set by calling ctnetlink_change_timeout(). As a result, nfct_time_stamp was wrongly added to ct->timeout twice.
  • Get by calling ctnetlink_dump_timeout(). As a result, nfct_time_stamp was wrongly subtracted.

Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl ctnetlink_dump_timeout __ctnetlink_glue_build ctnetlink_glue_build __nfqnl_enqueue_packet nf_queue nf_hook_slow ip_mc_output ? __pfx_ip_finish_output ip_send_skb ? __pfx_dst_output udp_send_skb udp_sendmsg ? __pfx_ip_generic_getfrag sock_sendmsg

Separate the 2 cases in:

  • Setting ct->timeout in __nf_ct_set_timeout().
  • Getting ct->timeout in ctnetlink_dump_timeout().

Pablo appends:

Update ctnetlink to set up the timeout after the IPS_CONFIRMED flag is set on, otherwise conntrack creation via ctnetlink breaks.

Note that the problem described in this patch occurs since the introduction of the nfnetlink_queue conntrack support, select a sufficiently old Fixes: tag for -stable kernel to pick up this fix.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last Affected
5.15.200.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-76410.json"