# CVE-2023-52654: io\_uring/af\_unix: disable sending io\_uring over sockets

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 5.4.264, 5.10.204, 5.15.143, 5.20, 6.1
- Published: 2024-05-09 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.4.220, fixed in 5.4.264; from 5.10.150, fixed in 5.10.204; from 5.15.75, fixed in 5.15.143; from 5.19.17, fixed in 5.20; from 6.0.3, fixed in 6.1
- Linux: 6.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/af_unix: disable sending io_uring over sockets File reference cycles have caused lots of problems for io_uring in the past, and it still doesn't work exactly right and races with unix_stream_read_generic(). The safest fix would be to completely disallow sending io_uring files via sockets via SCM_RIGHT, so there are no possible cycles invloving registered files and thus rendering SCM accounting on the io_uring side unnecessary.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.4.264, 5.10.204, 5.15.143, 5.20, 6.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18824f592aad4124d79751bbc1500ea86ac3ff29
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fe1ea5f921bf5b71cbfdc4469fb96c05936610e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcedd497b3b4a0be56f3adf7c7542720eced0792
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2f57f51b53be153a522300454ddb3887722fb2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a33d385eb36991a91e3dddb189d8679e2aac2be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/705318a99a138c29a512a72c3e0043b3cd7f55f4
- https://github.com/FoxyProxys/CVE-2023-52654

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