{"cve":"CVE-2023-53133","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-02T16:15:32.260","modified":"2026-06-17T06:44:21.497","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf, sockmap: Fix an infinite loop error when len is 0 in tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser()\n\nWhen the buffer length of the recvmsg system call is 0, we got the\nflollowing soft lockup problem:\n\nwatchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 27s! [a.out:6149]\nCPU: 3 PID: 6149 Comm: a.out Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.2.0+ #30\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:remove_wait_queue+0xb/0xc0\nCode: 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 0f 1f 44 00 00 41 57 <41> 56 41 55 41 54 55 48 89 fd 53 48 89 f3 4c 8d 6b 18 4c 8d 73 20\nRSP: 0018:ffff88811b5978b8 EFLAGS: 00000246\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88811a7d3780 RCX: ffffffffb7a4d768\nRDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffff88811b597908 RDI: ffff888115408040\nRBP: 1ffff110236b2f1b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff88811a7d37e7\nR10: ffffed10234fa6fc R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff88811179b800\nR13: 0000000000000001 R14: ffff88811a7d38a8 R15: ffff88811a7d37e0\nFS:  00007f6fb5398740(0000) GS:ffff888237180000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 0000000020000000 CR3: 000000010b6ba002 CR4: 0000000000370ee0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n tcp_msg_wait_data+0x279/0x2f0\n tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser+0x3c6/0x490\n inet_recvmsg+0x280/0x290\n sock_recvmsg+0xfc/0x120\n ____sys_recvmsg+0x160/0x3d0\n ___sys_recvmsg+0xf0/0x180\n __sys_recvmsg+0xea/0x1a0\n do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc\n\nThe logic in tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser is as follows:\n\nmsg_bytes_ready:\n\tcopied = sk_msg_recvmsg(sk, psock, msg, len, flags);\n\tif (!copied) {\n\t\twait data;\n\t\tgoto msg_bytes_ready;\n\t}\n\nIn this case, \"copied\" always is 0, the infinite loop occurs.\n\nAccording to the Linux system call man page, 0 should be returned in this\ncase. Therefore, in tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser(), if the length is 0, directly\nreturn. Also modify several other functions with the same problem.","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-835"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a476285f6d2921c3c9faa494eab83b78f78fc55","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf0579989de64d36e177c0611c685dc4a91457a7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d900f3d20cc3169ce42ec72acc850e662a4d4db2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0d52cc242f279c422b487dcaaccd98b99672fd0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f45cf3ae3068e70e2c7f3e24a7f8e8aa99511f03"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:22.920403922+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53133","score":0.00189,"percentile":0.08595,"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."]}