CVE-2023-53189

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

ipv6/addrconf: fix a potential refcount underflow for idev

Now in addrconf_mod_rs_timer(), reference idev depends on whether

rs_timer is not pending. Then modify rs_timer timeout.

There is a time gap in [1], during which if the pending rs_timer

becomes not pending. It will miss to hold idev, but the rs_timer

is activated. Thus rs_timer callback function addrconf_rs_timer()

will be executed and put idev later without holding idev. A refcount

underflow issue for idev can be caused by this.

if (!timer_pending(&idev->rs_timer))

in6_dev_hold(idev);

<--------------[1]

mod_timer(&idev->rs_timer, jiffies + when);

To fix the issue, hold idev if mod_timer() return 0.