CVE-2023-53643 PUBLISHED

nvme-tcp: don't access released socket during error recovery

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 07.10.2025 Published: 07.10.2025 Updated: 07.10.2025

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

nvme-tcp: don't access released socket during error recovery

While the error recovery work is temporarily failing reconnect attempts, running the 'nvme list' command causes a kernel NULL pointer dereference by calling getsockname() with a released socket.

During error recovery work, the nvme tcp socket is released and a new one created, so it is not safe to access the socket without proper check.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 02c57a82c0081141abc19150beab48ef47f97f18 to fe2d9e54165dadaa0d0cc3355c0be9c3e129fa0d (excl.)
  • affected from 02c57a82c0081141abc19150beab48ef47f97f18 to d82f762db4776fa11de88018f0f5de2d5db72a72 (excl.)
  • affected from 02c57a82c0081141abc19150beab48ef47f97f18 to 76d54bf20cdcc1ed7569a89885e09636e9a8d71d (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.1 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.1 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.18 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.2.5 to 6.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.3 to * (incl.)

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