CVE-2023-53606

Technical Description

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

nfsd: clean up potential nfsd_file refcount leaks in COPY codepath

There are two different flavors of the nfsd4_copy struct. One is

embedded in the compound and is used directly in synchronous copies. The

other is dynamically allocated, refcounted and tracked in the client

struture. For the embedded one, the cleanup just involves releasing any

nfsd_files held on its behalf. For the async one, the cleanup is a bit

more involved, and we need to dequeue it from lists, unhash it, etc.

There is at least one potential refcount leak in this code now. If the

kthread_create call fails, then both the src and dst nfsd_files in the

original nfsd4_copy object are leaked.

The cleanup in this codepath is also sort of weird. In the async copy

case, we'll have up to four nfsd_file references (src and dst for both

flavors of copy structure). They are both put at the end of

nfsd4_do_async_copy, even though the ones held on behalf of

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References