In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
af_unix: Fix data-races around user->unix_inflight.
user->unix_inflight is changed under spin_lock(unix_gc_lock),
but too_many_unix_fds() reads it locklessly.
Let's annotate the write/read accesses to user->unix_inflight.
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in unix_attach_fds / unix_inflight
write to 0xffffffff8546f2d0 of 8 bytes by task 44798 on cpu 1:
unix_inflight+0x157/0x180 net/unix/scm.c:66
unix_attach_fds+0x147/0x1e0 net/unix/scm.c:123
unix_scm_to_skb net/unix/af_unix.c:1827 [inline]
unix_dgram_sendmsg+0x46a/0x14f0 net/unix/af_unix.c:1950
unix_seqpacket_sendmsg net/unix/af_unix.c:2308 [inline]
unix_seqpacket_sendmsg+0xba/0x130 net/unix/af_unix.c:2292
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:725 [inline]
sock_sendmsg+0x148/0x160 net/socket.c:748
____sys_sendmsg+0x4e4/0x610 net/socket.c:2494
___sys_sendmsg+0xc6/0x140 net/socket.c:2548
__sys_sendmsg+0x94/0x140 net/socket.c:2577
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2586 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2584 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x45/0x50 net/socket.c:2584
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
read to 0xffffffff8546f2d0 of 8 bytes by task 44814 on cpu 0:
too_many_unix_fds net/unix/scm.c:101 [inline]
unix_attach_fds+0x54/0x1e0 net/unix/scm.c:110
unix_scm_to_skb net/unix/af_unix.c:1827 [inline]
unix_dgram_sendmsg+0x46a/0x14f0 net/unix/af_unix.c:1950
unix_seqpacket_sendmsg net/unix/af_unix.c:2308 [inline]
unix_seqpacket_sendmsg+0xba/0x130 net/unix/af_unix.c:2292
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:725 [inline]
sock_sendmsg+0x148/0x160 net/socket.c:748
____sys_sendmsg+0x4e4/0x610 net/socket.c:2494
___sys_sendmsg+0xc6/0x140 net/socket.c:2548
__sys_sendmsg+0x94/0x140 net/socket.c:2577
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2586 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2584 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x45/0x50 net/socket.c:2584
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
value changed: 0x000000000000000c -> 0x000000000000000d
Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 PID: 44814 Comm: systemd-coredum Not tainted 6.4.0-11989-g6843306689af #6
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
af_unix: Fix data-races around user->unix_inflight.
user->unix_inflight is changed under spin_lock(unix_gc_lock),
but too_many_unix_fds() reads it locklessly.
Let's annotate the write/read accesses to user->unix_inflight.
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in unix_attach_fds / unix_inflight
write to 0xffffffff8546f2d0 of 8 bytes by task 44798 on cpu 1:
unix_inflight+0x157/0x180 net/unix/scm.c:66
unix_attach_fds+0x147/0x1e0 net/unix/scm.c:123
unix_scm_to_skb net/unix/af_unix.c:1827 [inline]
unix_dgram_sendmsg+0x46a/0x14f0 net/unix/af_unix.c:1950
unix_seqpacket_sendmsg net/unix/af_unix.c:2308 [inline]
unix_seqpacket_sendmsg+0xba/0x130 net/unix/af_unix.c:2292
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:725 [inline]
sock_sendmsg+0x148/0x160 net/socket.c:748
____sys_sendmsg+0x4e4/0x610 net/socket.c:2494
___sys_sendmsg+0xc6/0x140 net/socket.c:2548
__sys_sendmsg+0x94/0x140 net/socket.c:2577
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2586 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2584 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x45/0x50 net/socket.c:2584
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
read to 0xffffffff8546f2d0 of 8 bytes by task 44814 on cpu 0:
too_many_unix_fds net/unix/scm.c:101 [inline]
unix_attach_fds+0x54/0x1e0 net/unix/scm.c:110
unix_scm_to_skb net/unix/af_unix.c:1827 [inline]
unix_dgram_sendmsg+0x46a/0x14f0 net/unix/af_unix.c:1950
unix_seqpacket_sendmsg net/unix/af_unix.c:2308 [inline]
unix_seqpacket_sendmsg+0xba/0x130 net/unix/af_unix.c:2292
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:725 [inline]
sock_sendmsg+0x148/0x160 net/socket.c:748
____sys_sendmsg+0x4e4/0x610 net/socket.c:2494
___sys_sendmsg+0xc6/0x140 net/socket.c:2548
__sys_sendmsg+0x94/0x140 net/socket.c:2577
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2586 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2584 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x45/0x50 net/socket.c:2584
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
value changed: 0x000000000000000c -> 0x000000000000000d
Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 PID: 44814 Comm: systemd-coredum Not tainted 6.4.0-11989-g6843306689af #6
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Fix data-races around user->unix_inflight. user->unix_inflight is changed under spin_lock(unix_gc_lock), but too_many_unix_fds() reads it locklessly. Let's annotate the write/read accesses to user->unix_inflight. BUG: KCSAN: data-race in unix_attach_fds / unix_inflight write to 0xffffffff8546f2d0 of 8 bytes by task 44798 on cpu 1: unix_inflight+0x157/0x180 net/unix/scm.c:66 unix_attach_fds+0x147/0x1e0 net/unix/scm.c:123 unix_scm_to_skb net/unix/af_unix.c:1827 [inline] unix_dgram_sendmsg+0x46a/0x14f0 net/unix/af_unix.c:1950 unix_seqpacket_sendmsg net/unix/af_unix.c:2308 [inline] unix_seqpacket_sendmsg+0xba/0x130 net/unix/af_unix.c:2292 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:725 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0x148/0x160 net/socket.c:748 ____sys_sendmsg+0x4e4/0x610 net/socket.c:2494 ___sys_sendmsg+0xc6/0x140 net/socket.c:2548 __sys_sendmsg+0x94/0x140 net/socket.c:2577 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2586 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2584 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x45/0x50 net/socket.c:2584 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8 read to 0xffffffff8546f2d0 of 8 bytes by task 44814 on cpu 0: too_many_unix_fds net/unix/scm.c:101 [inline] unix_attach_fds+0x54/0x1e0 net/unix/scm.c:110 unix_scm_to_skb net/unix/af_unix.c:1827 [inline] unix_dgram_sendmsg+0x46a/0x14f0 net/unix/af_unix.c:1950 unix_seqpacket_sendmsg net/unix/af_unix.c:2308 [inline] unix_seqpacket_sendmsg+0xba/0x130 net/unix/af_unix.c:2292 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:725 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0x148/0x160 net/socket.c:748 ____sys_sendmsg+0x4e4/0x610 net/socket.c:2494 ___sys_sendmsg+0xc6/0x140 net/socket.c:2548 __sys_sendmsg+0x94/0x140 net/socket.c:2577 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2586 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2584 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x45/0x50 net/socket.c:2584 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8 value changed: 0x000000000000000c -> 0x000000000000000d Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on: CPU: 0 PID: 44814 Comm: systemd-coredum Not tainted 6.4.0-11989-g6843306689af #6 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 | |
| Title | af_unix: Fix data-races around user->unix_inflight. | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-09-15T14:21:32.696Z
Reserved: 2025-09-15T13:59:19.068Z
Link: CVE-2023-53204
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NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-09-15T15:15:46.847
Modified: 2025-09-15T15:22:27.090
Link: CVE-2023-53204
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