CVE-2023-53995

net: ipv4: fix one memleak in __inet_del_ifa()

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Dec 24, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Dec 24, 2025

Read the record on cve.org

Description

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

net: ipv4: fix one memleak in __inet_del_ifa()

I got the below warning when do fuzzing test: unregister_netdevice: waiting for bond0 to become free. Usage count = 2

It can be repoduced via:

ip link add bond0 type bond sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.bond0.promote_secondaries=1 ip addr add 4.117.174.103/0 scope 0x40 dev bond0 ip addr add 192.168.100.111/255.255.255.254 scope 0 dev bond0 ip addr add 0.0.0.4/0 scope 0x40 secondary dev bond0 ip addr del 4.117.174.103/0 scope 0x40 dev bond0 ip link delete bond0 type bond

In this reproduction test case, an incorrect 'last_prim' is found in __inet_del_ifa(), as a result, the secondary address(0.0.0.4/0 scope 0x40) is lost. The memory of the secondary address is leaked and the reference of in_device and net_device is leaked.

Fix this problem: Look for 'last_prim' starting at location of the deleted IP and inserting the promoted IP into the location of 'last_prim'.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 0ff60a45678e67b2547256a636fd00c1667ce4fa to before 5624f26a3574500ce23929cb2c9976a0dec9920aAffected
  • 0ff60a45678e67b2547256a636fd00c1667ce4fa to before 7c8ddcdab1b900bed69cad6beef477fff116289eAffected
  • 0ff60a45678e67b2547256a636fd00c1667ce4fa to before 2f1e86014d0cc084886c36a2d77bc620e2d42618Affected
  • 0ff60a45678e67b2547256a636fd00c1667ce4fa to before 980f8445479814509a3cd55a8eabaae1c9030a4cAffected
  • 0ff60a45678e67b2547256a636fd00c1667ce4fa to before 42652af5360d30b43b06057c193739e7dfb18f42Affected
  • 0ff60a45678e67b2547256a636fd00c1667ce4fa to before ac28b1ec6135649b5d78b028e47264cb3ebca5eaAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 2.6.15Affected
  • before 2.6.15Not affected
  • 5.4.257 through 5.4.*Not affected
  • 5.10.195 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.132 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.54 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.5.4 through 6.5.*Not affected
  • 6.6 and laterNot affected

References

Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.