CVE-2023-53079

MEDIUM EPSS 7.3%
Published May 2, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published May 2, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix steering rules cleanup vport's mc, uc and multicast rules are not deleted in teardown path when EEH happens. Since the vport's promisc settings(uc, mc and all) in firmware are reset after EEH, mlx5 driver will try to delete the above rules in the initialization path. This cause kernel crash because these software rules are no longer valid. Fix by nullifying these rules right after delete to avoid accessing any dangling pointers. Call Trace: __list_del_entry_valid+0xcc/0x100 (unreliable) tree_put_node+0xf4/0x1b0 [mlx5_core] tree_remove_node+0x30/0x70 [mlx5_core] mlx5_del_flow_rules+0x14c/0x1f0 [mlx5_core] esw_apply_vport_rx_mode+0x10c/0x200 [mlx5_core] esw_update_vport_rx_mode+0xb4/0x180 [mlx5_core] esw_vport_change_handle_locked+0x1ec/0x230 [mlx5_core] esw_enable_vport+0x130/0x260 [mlx5_core] mlx5_eswitch_enable_sriov+0x2a0/0x2f0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_device_enable_sriov+0x74/0x440 [mlx5_core] mlx5_load_one+0x114c/0x1550 [mlx5_core] mlx5_pci_resume+0x68/0xf0 [mlx5_core] eeh_report_resume+0x1a4/0x230 eeh_pe_dev_traverse+0x98/0x170 eeh_handle_normal_event+0x3e4/0x640 eeh_handle_event+0x4c/0x370 eeh_event_handler+0x14c/0x210 kthread+0x168/0x1b0 ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x84

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
7.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.7  –  <5.10.177
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.105
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.22
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.2.9
linuxlinux_kernel6.3any
linuxlinux_kernel6.3any
linuxlinux_kernel6.3any

References 5

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18cead61e437f4c7898acca0a5f3df12f801d97f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4df1f2d36bdc9a368650bf14b9097c555e95f71d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63546395a0e6ac264f78f65218086ce6014b4494
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f5780536181d1d0d09a11a1bc92f22e143447e2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/922f56e9a795d6f3dd72d3428ebdd7ee040fa855
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18cead61e437f4c7898acca0a5f3df12f801d97f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4df1f2d36bdc9a368650bf14b9097c555e95f71d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63546395a0e6ac264f78f65218086ce6014b4494
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f5780536181d1d0d09a11a1bc92f22e143447e2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/922f56e9a795d6f3dd72d3428ebdd7ee040fa855
    Patch