{"cve":"CVE-2023-53445","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-18T16:15:48.817","modified":"2026-08-04T10:19:06.947","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: qrtr: Fix a refcount bug in qrtr_recvmsg()\n\nSyzbot reported a bug as following:\n\nrefcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.\n...\nRIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x17c/0x1f0 lib/refcount.c:25\n...\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:199 [inline]\n __refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:250 [inline]\n refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:267 [inline]\n kref_get include/linux/kref.h:45 [inline]\n qrtr_node_acquire net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:202 [inline]\n qrtr_node_lookup net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:398 [inline]\n qrtr_send_resume_tx net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:1003 [inline]\n qrtr_recvmsg+0x85f/0x990 net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:1070\n sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1017 [inline]\n sock_recvmsg+0xe2/0x160 net/socket.c:1038\n qrtr_ns_worker+0x170/0x1700 net/qrtr/ns.c:688\n process_one_work+0x991/0x15c0 kernel/workqueue.c:2390\n worker_thread+0x669/0x1090 kernel/workqueue.c:2537\n\nIt occurs in the concurrent scenario of qrtr_recvmsg() and\nqrtr_endpoint_unregister() as following:\n\n\tcpu0\t\t\t\t\tcpu1\nqrtr_recvmsg\t\t\t\tqrtr_endpoint_unregister\nqrtr_send_resume_tx\t\t\tqrtr_node_release\nqrtr_node_lookup\t\t\tmutex_lock(&qrtr_node_lock)\nspin_lock_irqsave(&qrtr_nodes_lock, )\trefcount_dec_and_test(&node->ref) [node->ref == 0]\nradix_tree_lookup [node != NULL]\t__qrtr_node_release\nqrtr_node_acquire\t\t\tspin_lock_irqsave(&qrtr_nodes_lock, )\nkref_get(&node->ref) [WARNING]\t\t...\n\t\t\t\t\tmutex_unlock(&qrtr_node_lock)\n\nUse qrtr_node_lock to protect qrtr_node_lookup() implementation, this\nis actually improving the protection of node reference.","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44d807320000db0d0013372ad39b53e12d52f758","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48a07f6e00d305597396da4d7494b81cec05b9d3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98a9cd82c541ef6cbdb829cd6c05cbbb471e373c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa95efa187b4114075f312b3c4680d050b56fdec","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ba5906c42089f8e1d0001b7b50a7940f086cbb"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53445","score":0.00152,"percentile":0.04302,"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."]}