# CVE-2023-54283: bpf: Address KCSAN report on bpf_lru_list

> A data race in the Linux kernel BPF LRU list handling can lead to inconsistent state, potentially causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **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:** 30 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2023-54283, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54283, GHSA-6v87-5qgj-v74j, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54283

## What is CVE-2023-54283?

CVE-2023-54283 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 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:

bpf: Address KCSAN report on bpf_lru_list

KCSAN reported a data-race when accessing node->ref.
Although node->ref does not have to be accurate,
take this chance to use a more common READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE()
pattern instead of data_race().

There is an existing bpf_lru_node_is_ref() and bpf_lru_node_set_ref().
This patch also adds bpf_lru_node_clear_ref() to do the
WRITE_ONCE(node->ref, 0) also.

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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __bpf_lru_list_rotate / __htab_lru_percpu_map_update_elem

write to 0xffff888137038deb of 1 bytes by task 11240 on cpu 1:
__bpf_lru_node_move kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:113 [inline]
__bpf_lru_list_rotate_active kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:149 [inline]
__bpf_lru_list_rotate+0x1bf/0x750 kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:240
bpf_lru_list_pop_free_to_local kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:329 [inline]
bpf_common_lru_pop_free kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:447 [inline]
bpf_lru_pop_free+0x638/0xe20 kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:499
prealloc_lru_pop kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:290 [inline]
__htab_lru_percpu_map_update_elem+0xe7/0x820 kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:1316
bpf_percpu_hash_update+0x5e/0x90 kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:2313
bpf_map_update_value+0x2a9/0x370 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:200
generic_map_update_batch+0x3ae/0x4f0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1687
bpf_map_do_batch+0x2d9/0x3d0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4534
__sys_bpf+0x338/0x810
__do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5096 [inline]
__se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5094 [inline]
__x64_sys_bpf+0x43/0x50 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5094
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

read to 0xffff888137038deb of 1 bytes by task 11241 on cpu 0:
bpf_lru_node_set_ref kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.h:70 [inline]
__htab_lru_percpu_map_update_elem+0x2f1/0x820 kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:1332
bpf_percpu_hash_update+0x5e/0x90 kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:2313
bpf_map_update_value+0x2a9/0x370 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:200
generic_map_update_batch+0x3ae/0x4f0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1687
bpf_map_do_batch+0x2d9/0x3d0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4534
__sys_bpf+0x338/0x810
__do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5096 [inline]
__se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5094 [inline]
__x64_sys_bpf+0x43/0x50 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5094
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: 0x01 -> 0x00

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 PID: 11241 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 6.3.0-rc7-syzkaller-00136-g6a66fdd29ea1 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/30/2023
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## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-54283?


## How do I fix CVE-2023-54283?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2023-54283 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-54283 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-54283 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 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-2023-54283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. 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-2023-54283/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54283/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54283
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54283
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-54283

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54283/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.