CVE-2023-54195

rxrpc: Fix timeout of a call that hasn't yet been granted a channel

published December 30, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

rxrpc: Fix timeout of a call that hasn't yet been granted a channel

afs_make_call() calls rxrpc_kernel_begin_call() to begin a call (which may

get stalled in the background waiting for a connection to become

available); it then calls rxrpc_kernel_set_max_life() to set the timeouts -

but that starts the call timer so the call timer might then expire before

we get a connection assigned - leading to the following oops if the call

stalled:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000

...

CPU: 1 PID: 5111 Comm: krxrpcio/0 Not tainted 6.3.0-rc7-build3+ #701

RIP: 0010:rxrpc_alloc_txbuf+0xc0/0x157

...

Call Trace:

<TASK>

rxrpc_send_ACK+0x50/0x13b

rxrpc_input_call_event+0x16a/0x67d

rxrpc_io_thread+0x1b6/0x45f

? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x1f/0x35

? rxrpc_input_packet+0x519/0x519

kthread+0xe7/0xef

? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x1b/0x1b

ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

Fix this by noting the timeouts in struct rxrpc_call when the call is

created. The timer will be started when the first packet is transmitted.

It shouldn't be possible to trigger this directly from userspace through

AF_RXRPC as sendmsg() will return EBUSY if the call is in the

waiting-for-conn state if it dropped out of the wait due to a signal.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00197 · 8.9th percentile
Published
2025-12-30T12:09Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 DEC 12:09Z
    rxrpc: Fix timeout of a call that hasn't yet been granted a channel
    cvelistv5