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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 21, 2024· Updated Jul 30, 2025

bpf, sockmap: Don't let sock_map_{close,destroy,unhash} call itself

CVE-2023-52735

Description

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

bpf, sockmap: Don't let sock_map_{close,destroy,unhash} call itself

sock_map proto callbacks should never call themselves by design. Protect against bugs like [1] and break out of the recursive loop to avoid a stack overflow in favor of a resource leak.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/00000000000073b14905ef2e7401@google.com/

Affected products

98

Patches

0

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Vulnerability mechanics

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