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CVE-2023-53105
published 2025-05-02

CVE-2023-53105: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix cleanup null-ptr deref on encap lock During module is unloaded while a peer…

PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.19%
8.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix cleanup null-ptr deref on encap lock During module is unloaded while a peer tc flow is still offloaded, first the peer uplink rep profile is changed to a nic profile, and so neigh encap lock is destroyed. Next during unload, the VF reps netdevs are unregistered which causes the original non-peer tc flow to be deleted, which deletes the peer flow. The peer flow deletion detaches the encap entry and try to take the already destroyed encap lock, causing the below trace. Fix this by clearing peer flows during tc eswitch cleanup (mlx5e_tc_esw_cleanup()). Relevant trace: [ 4316.837128] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000001d8 [ 4316.842239] RIP: 0010:__mutex_lock+0xb5/0xc40 [ 4316.851897] Call Trace: [ 4316.852481] [ 4316.857214] mlx5e_rep_neigh_entry_release+0x93/0x790 [mlx5_core] [ 4316.858258] mlx5e_rep_encap_entry_detach+0xa7/0xf0 [mlx5_core] [ 4316.859134] mlx5e_encap_dealloc+0xa3/0xf0 [mlx5_core] [ 4316.859867] clean_encap_dests.part.0+0x5c/0xe0 [mlx5_core] [ 4316.860605] mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_flow+0x32a/0x810 [mlx5_core] [ 4316.862609] __mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_peer_flow+0x1a2/0x250 [mlx5_core] [ 4316.863394] mlx5e_tc_del_flow+0x(/0x630 [mlx5_core] [ 4316.864090] mlx5e_flow_put+0x5f/0x100 [mlx5_core] [ 4316.864771] mlx5e_delete_flower+0x4de/0xa40 [mlx5_core] [ 4316.865486] tc_setup_cb_reoffload+0x20/0x80 [ 4316.865905] fl_reoffload+0x47c/0x510 [cls_flower] [ 4316.869181] tcf_block_playback_offloads+0x91/0x1d0 [ 4316.869649] tcf_block_unbind+0xe7/0x1b0 [ 4316.870049] tcf_block_offload_cmd.isra.0+0x1ee/0x270 [ 4316.879266] tcf_block_offload_unbind+0x61/0xa0 [ 4316.879711] __tcf_block_put+0xa4/0x310

Affected

14 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.25-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.25-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 04de7dda7394fa9c2b0fc9cec65661d9b4f0d04d < b7350f8dbe0c2a1d4d3ad7c35b610abd3cb91750b7350f8dbe0c2a1d4d3ad7c35b610abd3cb91750
linuxlinux>= 04de7dda7394fa9c2b0fc9cec65661d9b4f0d04d < 01fdaea410787fe372daeaeda93a29ed0606d33401fdaea410787fe372daeaeda93a29ed0606d334
linuxlinux>= 04de7dda7394fa9c2b0fc9cec65661d9b4f0d04d < c9668f0b1d28570327dbba189f2c61f6f9e43ae7c9668f0b1d28570327dbba189f2c61f6f9e43ae7
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.25-16.1.25-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.25-16.1.25-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.25-16.1.25-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.0 < 6.1.216.1.21
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.2.86.2.8
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.186.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.200.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.202.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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