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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: SUNRPC: double free xprt_ctxt while still in use", "id": "2426013", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2426013"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "7.0", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nSUNRPC: double free xprt_ctxt while still in use\nWhen an RPC request is deferred, the rq_xprt_ctxt pointer is moved out\nof the svc_rqst into the svc_deferred_req.\nWhen the deferred request is revisited, the pointer is copied into\nthe new svc_rqst - and also remains in the svc_deferred_req.\nIn the (rare?) case that the request is deferred a second time, the old\nsvc_deferred_req is reused - it still has all the correct content.\nHowever in that case the rq_xprt_ctxt pointer is NOT cleared so that\nwhen xpo_release_xprt is called, the ctxt is freed (UDP) or possible\nadded to a free list (RDMA).\nWhen the deferred request is revisited for a second time, it will\nreference this ctxt which may be invalid, and the free the object a\nsecond time which is likely to oops.\nSo change svc_defer() to *always* clear rq_xprt_ctxt, and assert that\nthe value is now stored in the svc_deferred_req."], "name": "CVE-2023-54269", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Under investigation", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-12-30T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54269\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54269\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025123000-CVE-2023-54269-6fd7@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Important"}