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CVE-2023-53825 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kcm: Fix error handling for SOCK_DGRAM in kcm_sendmsg(). syzkaller found a memory leak in kcm_sendmsg(), and commit c821a88bd720 ("kcm: Fix memory leak in error path of kcm_sendmsg()") suppressed it by updating kcm_tx_msg(head)->last_skb if partial data is copied so that the following sendmsg() will resume from the skb. However, we cannot know how many bytes were copied when we get the error. Thus, we could mess up the MSG_MORE queue. When kcm_sendmsg() fails for SOCK_DGRAM, we should purge the queue as we do so for UDP by udp_flush_pending_frames(). Even without this change, when the error occurred, the following sendmsg() resumed from a wrong skb and the queue was messed up. However, we have yet to get such a report, and only syzkaller stumbled on it. So, this can be changed safely. Note this does not change SOCK_SEQPACKET behaviour.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ce8362b4ac6b8e65fd04a22ea37ec776ee1ec5b kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21b467735b0888a8daa048f83d3b9b50fdab71ce kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e18493c421428a936946c452461b8e979088f17 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55d2e7c1ab8eaa7b62575b8a4194132795d1f9fc kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/992b2ac783aad360b98ed9d4686e86176a20f6f1 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a22730b1b4bf437c6bbfdeff5feddf54be4aeada kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4b8f380b0a041ee6a84fdac14127d8fe1dcad7b kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5b28ce127a690f3acc49a6a342e6c9442c9edd6 kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-53825
NVD Published Date:
12/09/2025
NVD Last Modified:
04/14/2026
Source:
kernel.org