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    "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
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    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2023-53109",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-05-02T15:51:43.554Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-05-02T15:55:49.654Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:38:40.990Z"
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: tunnels: annotate lockless accesses to dev->needed_headroom\n\nIP tunnels can apparently update dev->needed_headroom\nin their xmit path.\n\nThis patch takes care of three tunnels xmit, and also the\ncore LL_RESERVED_SPACE() and LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EXTRA()\nhelpers.\n\nMore changes might be needed for completeness.\n\nBUG: KCSAN: data-race in ip_tunnel_xmit / ip_tunnel_xmit\n\nread to 0xffff88815b9da0ec of 2 bytes by task 888 on cpu 1:\nip_tunnel_xmit+0x1270/0x1730 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:803\n__gre_xmit net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:469 [inline]\nipgre_xmit+0x516/0x570 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:661\n__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4881 [inline]\nnetdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4895 [inline]\nxmit_one net/core/dev.c:3580 [inline]\ndev_hard_start_xmit+0x127/0x400 net/core/dev.c:3596\n__dev_queue_xmit+0x1007/0x1eb0 net/core/dev.c:4246\ndev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3051 [inline]\nneigh_direct_output+0x17/0x20 net/core/neighbour.c:1623\nneigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:546 [inline]\nip_finish_output2+0x740/0x840 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:228\nip_finish_output+0xf4/0x240 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:316\nNF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:291 [inline]\nip_output+0xe5/0x1b0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:430\ndst_output include/net/dst.h:444 [inline]\nip_local_out+0x64/0x80 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:126\niptunnel_xmit+0x34a/0x4b0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:82\nip_tunnel_xmit+0x1451/0x1730 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:813\n__gre_xmit net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:469 [inline]\nipgre_xmit+0x516/0x570 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:661\n__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4881 [inline]\nnetdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4895 [inline]\nxmit_one net/core/dev.c:3580 [inline]\ndev_hard_start_xmit+0x127/0x400 net/core/dev.c:3596\n__dev_queue_xmit+0x1007/0x1eb0 net/core/dev.c:4246\ndev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3051 [inline]\nneigh_direct_output+0x17/0x20 net/core/neighbour.c:1623\nneigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:546 [inline]\nip_finish_output2+0x740/0x840 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:228\nip_finish_output+0xf4/0x240 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:316\nNF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:291 [inline]\nip_output+0xe5/0x1b0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:430\ndst_output include/net/dst.h:444 [inline]\nip_local_out+0x64/0x80 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:126\niptunnel_xmit+0x34a/0x4b0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:82\nip_tunnel_xmit+0x1451/0x1730 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:813\n__gre_xmit net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:469 [inline]\nipgre_xmit+0x516/0x570 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:661\n__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4881 [inline]\nnetdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4895 [inline]\nxmit_one net/core/dev.c:3580 [inline]\ndev_hard_start_xmit+0x127/0x400 net/core/dev.c:3596\n__dev_queue_xmit+0x1007/0x1eb0 net/core/dev.c:4246\ndev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3051 [inline]\nneigh_direct_output+0x17/0x20 net/core/neighbour.c:1623\nneigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:546 [inline]\nip_finish_output2+0x740/0x840 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:228\nip_finish_output+0xf4/0x240 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:316\nNF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:291 [inline]\nip_output+0xe5/0x1b0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:430\ndst_output include/net/dst.h:444 [inline]\nip_local_out+0x64/0x80 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:126\niptunnel_xmit+0x34a/0x4b0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:82\nip_tunnel_xmit+0x1451/0x1730 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:813\n__gre_xmit net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:469 [inline]\nipgre_xmit+0x516/0x570 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:661\n__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4881 [inline]\nnetdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4895 [inline]\nxmit_one net/core/dev.c:3580 [inline]\ndev_hard_start_xmit+0x127/0x400 net/core/dev.c:3596\n__dev_queue_xmit+0x1007/0x1eb0 net/core/dev.c:4246\ndev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3051 [inline]\nneigh_direct_output+0x17/0x20 net/core/neighbour.c:1623\nneigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:546 [inline]\nip_finish_output2+0x740/0x840 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:228\nip_finish_output+0xf4/0x240 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:316\nNF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:291 [inline]\nip_output+0xe5/0x1b0 net/i\n---truncated---"
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