CVE-2023-54251

EPSS 0.0%
  • Published: 2025-12-30T13:16:13.763

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

net/sched: taprio: Limit TCA_TAPRIO_ATTR_SCHED_CYCLE_TIME to INT_MAX.

syzkaller found zero division error [0] in div_s64_rem() called from
get_cycle_time_elapsed(), where sched->cycle_time is the divisor.

We have tests in parse_taprio_schedule() so that cycle_time will never
be 0, and actually cycle_time is not 0 in get_cycle_time_elapsed().

The problem is that the types of divisor are different; cycle_time is
s64, but the argument of div_s64_rem() is s32.

syzkaller fed this input and 0x100000000 is cast to s32 to be 0.

@TCA_TAPRIO_ATTR_SCHED_CYCLE_TIME={0xc, 0x8, 0x100000000}

We use s64 for cycle_time to cast it to ktime_t, so let’s keep it and
set max for cycle_time.

While at it, we prevent overflow in setup_txtime() and add another
test in parse_taprio_schedule() to check if cycle_time overflows.

Also, we add a new tdc test case for this issue.

[0]:
divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 1 PID: 103 Comm: kworker/1:3 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1-00330-g60cc1f7d0605 #3
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_dad_work
RIP: 0010:div_s64_rem include/linux/math64.h:42 [inline]
RIP: 0010:get_cycle_time_elapsed net/sched/sch_taprio.c:223 [inline]
RIP: 0010:find_entry_to_transmit+0x252/0x7e0 net/sched/sch_taprio.c:344
Code: 3c 02 00 0f 85 5e 05 00 00 48 8b 4c 24 08 4d 8b bd 40 01 00 00 48 8b 7c 24 48 48 89 c8 4c 29 f8 48 63 f7 48 99 48 89 74 24 70 f7 fe 48 29 d1 48 8d 04 0f 49 89 cc 48 89 44 24 20 49 8d 85 10
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000acf260 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 177450e0347560cf RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 177450e0347560cf
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000100000000
RBP: 0000000000000056 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffed10020a0934
R10: ffff8880105049a7 R11: ffff88806cf3a520 R12: ffff888010504800
R13: ffff88800c00d800 R14: ffff8880105049a0 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88806cf00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f0edf84f0e8 CR3: 000000000d73c002 CR4: 0000000000770ee0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:

get_packet_txtime net/sched/sch_taprio.c:508 [inline]
taprio_enqueue_one+0x900/0xff0 net/sched/sch_taprio.c:577
taprio_enqueue+0x378/0xae0 net/sched/sch_taprio.c:658
dev_qdisc_enqueue+0x46/0x170 net/core/dev.c:3732
__dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3821 [inline]
__dev_queue_xmit+0x1b2f/0x3000 net/core/dev.c:4169
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3088 [inline]
neigh_resolve_output net/core/neighbour.c:1552 [inline]
neigh_resolve_output+0x4a7/0x780 net/core/neighbour.c:1532
neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:544 [inline]
ip6_finish_output2+0x924/0x17d0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:135
__ip6_finish_output+0x620/0xaa0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:196
ip6_finish_output net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:207 [inline]
NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:292 [inline]
ip6_output+0x206/0x410 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:228
dst_output include/net/dst.h:458 [inline]
NF_HOOK.constprop.0+0xea/0x260 include/linux/netfilter.h:303
ndisc_send_skb+0x872/0xe80 net/ipv6/ndisc.c:508
ndisc_send_ns+0xb5/0x130 net/ipv6/ndisc.c:666
addrconf_dad_work+0xc14/0x13f0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4175
process_one_work+0x92c/0x13a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2597
worker_thread+0x60f/0x1240 kernel/workqueue.c:2748
kthread+0x2fe/0x3f0 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:308

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How to fix CVE-2023-54251

CVE-2023-54251 is a unknown severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: taprio: Limit TCA_TAPRIO_ATTR_SCHED_CYCLE_TIME to INT_MAX. syzkaller found zero division error [0] in div_s64_rem() called from get_cycle_time_elapsed(), where sched->cycle_time is the divisor. We have tests in parse_taprio_schedule() so that cycle_time will never be 0, and actually cycle_time is not 0 in get_cycle_time_elapsed(). The problem is […]

Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public

How to Fix:

1 Identify affected systems

- Check if you're running the affected product

2 Immediate actions

- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access

3 Verification

- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)

4 Long-term prevention

- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations

Exploit Difficulty Assessment

HARD
⏱️ Time to Exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Skills Required: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public Exploits: Rare or not public

Vulnerability Timeline

Dec 30, 2025
Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Dec 30, 2025
Imported to Database

Added to this CVE tracking system

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