๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2023-53020

MEDIUM 4.7

l2tp: close all race conditions in l2tp_tunnel_register()

CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: l2tp: close all race conditions in l2tp_tunnel_register() The code in l2tp_tunnel_register() is racy in several ways: 1. It modifies the tunnel socket _after_ publishing it. 2. It calls setup_udp_tunnel_sock() on an existing socket without locking. 3. It changes sock lock class on fly, which triggers many syzbot reports. This patch amends all of them by moving socket initialization code before publishing and under sock lock. As suggested by Jakub, the l2tp lockdep class is not necessary as we can just switch to bh_lock_sock_nested().

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Published Mar 27, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
37159ef2c1ae1e696b24b260b241209a19f92c60 < 2d77e5c0ad79004b5ef901895437e9cce6dfcc7e 37159ef2c1ae1e696b24b260b241209a19f92c60 < 77e8ed776cdb1a24b2aab8fe7c6f1f154235e1ce 37159ef2c1ae1e696b24b260b241209a19f92c60 < cef0845b6dcfa2f6c2c832e7f9622551456c741d 37159ef2c1ae1e696b24b260b241209a19f92c60 < 0b2c59720e65885a394a017d0cf9cab118914682
Linux / Linux
3.6

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d77e5c0ad79004b5ef901895437e9cce6dfcc7e git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77e8ed776cdb1a24b2aab8fe7c6f1f154235e1ce git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cef0845b6dcfa2f6c2c832e7f9622551456c741d git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b2c59720e65885a394a017d0cf9cab118914682