# CVE-2023-53345: rxrpc: Fix potential data race in rxrpc_wait_to_be_connected()

> A data race in the Linux kernel's rxrpc module could lead to unexpected behavior or crashes during concurrent access.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 17 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2023-53345, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53345, GHSA-ggg7-h54g-wmq5, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53345

## What is CVE-2023-53345?

CVE-2023-53345 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

rxrpc: Fix potential data race in rxrpc_wait_to_be_connected()

Inside the loop in rxrpc_wait_to_be_connected() it checks call->error to
see if it should exit the loop without first checking the call state.  This
is probably safe as if call->error is set, the call is dead anyway, but we
should probably wait for the call state to have been set to completion
first, lest it cause surprise on the way out.

Fix this by only accessing call->error if the call is complete.  We don't
actually need to access the error inside the loop as we'll do that after.

This caused the following report:

    BUG: KCSAN: data-race in rxrpc_send_data / rxrpc_set_call_completion

    write to 0xffff888159cf3c50 of 4 bytes by task 25673 on cpu 1:
     rxrpc_set_call_completion+0x71/0x1c0 net/rxrpc/call_state.c:22
     rxrpc_send_data_packet+0xba9/0x1650 net/rxrpc/output.c:479
     rxrpc_transmit_one+0x1e/0x130 net/rxrpc/output.c:714
     rxrpc_decant_prepared_tx net/rxrpc/call_event.c:326 [inline]
     rxrpc_transmit_some_data+0x496/0x600 net/rxrpc/call_event.c:350
     rxrpc_input_call_event+0x564/0x1220 net/rxrpc/call_event.c:464
     rxrpc_io_thread+0x307/0x1d80 net/rxrpc/io_thread.c:461
     kthread+0x1ac/0x1e0 kernel/kthread.c:376
     ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:308

    read to 0xffff888159cf3c50 of 4 bytes by task 25672 on cpu 0:
     rxrpc_send_data+0x29e/0x1950 net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c:296
     rxrpc_do_sendmsg+0xb7a/0xc20 net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c:726
     rxrpc_sendmsg+0x413/0x520 net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c:565
     sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:724 [inline]
     sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:747 [inline]
     ____sys_sendmsg+0x375/0x4c0 net/socket.c:2501
     ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2555 [inline]
     __sys_sendmmsg+0x263/0x500 net/socket.c:2641
     __do_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2670 [inline]
     __se_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2667 [inline]
     __x64_sys_sendmmsg+0x57/0x60 net/socket.c:2667
     do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
     do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

    value changed: 0x00000000 -> 0xffffffea

Weakness: CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53345?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-53345?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2023-53345 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53345 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-53345 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-53345 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53345 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53345/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53345/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53345
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53345
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53345

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.