CVE-2023-53995

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53995
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53995.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53995
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-12-24T10:55:32.713Z
Modified
2026-03-31T17:29:40.424378061Z
Summary
net: ipv4: fix one memleak in __inet_del_ifa()
Details

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

net: ipv4: fix one memleak in __inetdelifa()

I got the below warning when do fuzzing test: unregister_netdevice: waiting for bond0 to become free. Usage count = 2

It can be repoduced via:

ip link add bond0 type bond sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.bond0.promote_secondaries=1 ip addr add 4.117.174.103/0 scope 0x40 dev bond0 ip addr add 192.168.100.111/255.255.255.254 scope 0 dev bond0 ip addr add 0.0.0.4/0 scope 0x40 secondary dev bond0 ip addr del 4.117.174.103/0 scope 0x40 dev bond0 ip link delete bond0 type bond

In this reproduction test case, an incorrect 'last_prim' is found in __inetdelifa(), as a result, the secondary address(0.0.0.4/0 scope 0x40) is lost. The memory of the secondary address is leaked and the reference of indevice and netdevice is leaked.

Fix this problem: Look for 'lastprim' starting at location of the deleted IP and inserting the promoted IP into the location of 'lastprim'.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53995.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0ff60a45678e67b2547256a636fd00c1667ce4fa
Fixed
5624f26a3574500ce23929cb2c9976a0dec9920a
Fixed
7c8ddcdab1b900bed69cad6beef477fff116289e
Fixed
2f1e86014d0cc084886c36a2d77bc620e2d42618
Fixed
980f8445479814509a3cd55a8eabaae1c9030a4c
Fixed
42652af5360d30b43b06057c193739e7dfb18f42
Fixed
ac28b1ec6135649b5d78b028e47264cb3ebca5ea

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53995.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.15
Fixed
5.4.257
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.195
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.132
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.54
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.5.4

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53995.json"