CVE-2023-54226
- Published: 2025-12-30T13:16:10.987
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
af_unix: Fix data races around sk->sk_shutdown.
KCSAN found a data race around sk->sk_shutdown where unix_release_sock()
and unix_shutdown() update it under unix_state_lock(), OTOH unix_poll()
and unix_dgram_poll() read it locklessly.
We need to annotate the writes and reads with WRITE_ONCE() and READ_ONCE().
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in unix_poll / unix_release_sock
write to 0xffff88800d0f8aec of 1 bytes by task 264 on cpu 0:
unix_release_sock+0x75c/0x910 net/unix/af_unix.c:631
unix_release+0x59/0x80 net/unix/af_unix.c:1042
__sock_release+0x7d/0x170 net/socket.c:653
sock_close+0x19/0x30 net/socket.c:1397
__fput+0x179/0x5e0 fs/file_table.c:321
____fput+0x15/0x20 fs/file_table.c:349
task_work_run+0x116/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:179
resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:171 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x174/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:204
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:286 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1a/0x30 kernel/entry/common.c:297
do_syscall_64+0x4b/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
read to 0xffff88800d0f8aec of 1 bytes by task 222 on cpu 1:
unix_poll+0xa3/0x2a0 net/unix/af_unix.c:3170
sock_poll+0xcf/0x2b0 net/socket.c:1385
vfs_poll include/linux/poll.h:88 [inline]
ep_item_poll.isra.0+0x78/0xc0 fs/eventpoll.c:855
ep_send_events fs/eventpoll.c:1694 [inline]
ep_poll fs/eventpoll.c:1823 [inline]
do_epoll_wait+0x6c4/0xea0 fs/eventpoll.c:2258
__do_sys_epoll_wait fs/eventpoll.c:2270 [inline]
__se_sys_epoll_wait fs/eventpoll.c:2265 [inline]
__x64_sys_epoll_wait+0xcc/0x190 fs/eventpoll.c:2265
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+0x72/0xdc
value changed: 0x00 -> 0x03
Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 PID: 222 Comm: dbus-broker Not tainted 6.3.0-rc7-02330-gca6270c12e20 #2
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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How to fix CVE-2023-54226
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Fix data races around sk->sk_shutdown. KCSAN found a data race around sk->sk_shutdown where unix_release_sock() and unix_shutdown() update it under unix_state_lock(), OTOH unix_poll() and unix_dgram_poll() read it locklessly. We need to annotate the writes and reads with WRITE_ONCE() and READ_ONCE(). BUG: KCSAN: data-race in unix_poll […]
Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public
How to Fix:
- Check if you're running the affected product
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
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