{"cve":"CVE-2023-52698","nvd":{"published":"2024-05-17T15:15:20.693","modified":"2026-06-17T06:43:22.280","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncalipso: fix memory leak in netlbl_calipso_add_pass()\n\nIf IPv6 support is disabled at boot (ipv6.disable=1),\nthe calipso_init() -> netlbl_calipso_ops_register() function isn't called,\nand the netlbl_calipso_ops_get() function always returns NULL.\nIn this case, the netlbl_calipso_add_pass() function allocates memory\nfor the doi_def variable but doesn't free it with the calipso_doi_free().\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff888011d68180 (size 64):\n  comm \"syz-executor.1\", pid 10746, jiffies 4295410986 (age 17.928s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace:\n    [<...>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:552 [inline]\n    [<...>] netlbl_calipso_add_pass net/netlabel/netlabel_calipso.c:76 [inline]\n    [<...>] netlbl_calipso_add+0x22e/0x4f0 net/netlabel/netlabel_calipso.c:111\n    [<...>] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x22f/0x330 net/netlink/genetlink.c:739\n    [<...>] genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:783 [inline]\n    [<...>] genl_rcv_msg+0x341/0x5a0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:800\n    [<...>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x14d/0x440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2515\n    [<...>] genl_rcv+0x29/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:811\n    [<...>] netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline]\n    [<...>] netlink_unicast+0x54b/0x800 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339\n    [<...>] netlink_sendmsg+0x90a/0xdf0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1934\n    [<...>] sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:651 [inline]\n    [<...>] sock_sendmsg+0x157/0x190 net/socket.c:671\n    [<...>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x712/0x870 net/socket.c:2342\n    [<...>] ___sys_sendmsg+0xf8/0x170 net/socket.c:2396\n    [<...>] __sys_sendmsg+0xea/0x1b0 net/socket.c:2429\n    [<...>] do_syscall_64+0x30/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46\n    [<...>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xc6\n\nFound by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center\n(linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller\n\n[PM: merged via the LSM tree at Jakub Kicinski request]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/321b3a5592c8a9d6b654c7c64833ea67dbb33149","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36e19f84634aaa94f543fedc0a07588949638d53","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/408bbd1e1746fe33e51f4c81c2febd7d3841d031","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44a88650ba55e6a7f2ec485d2c2413ba7e216f01","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a8f811a146aa2a0230f8edb2e9f4b6609aab8da"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:50:30.954589733+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-52698","score":0.00223,"percentile":0.12962,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}