CVE-2023-53393

published 2025-09-18

CVE-2023-53393: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Fix mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats when used for device Currently, when…

Priority P4 21 medium 5.5 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C N I N A H

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/mlx5: Fix mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats when used for device

Currently, when mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats() is used for device (port_num = 0),
there is a special handling in order to use the correct counters, but,
port_num is being passed down the stack without any change. Also, some
functions assume that port_num >=1. As a result, the following oops can
occur.

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff89510294f1a8
#PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
CPU: 8 PID: 1382 Comm: devlink Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc4_for_upstream_base_2022_11_10_16_12 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_lock+0xc/0x20
Call Trace:

mlx5_ib_get_native_port_mdev+0x73/0xe0 [mlx5_ib]
do_get_hw_stats.constprop.0+0x109/0x160 [mlx5_ib]
mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats+0xad/0x180 [mlx5_ib]
ib_setup_device_attrs+0xf0/0x290 [ib_core]
ib_register_device+0x3bb/0x510 [ib_core]
? atomic_notifier_chain_register+0x67/0x80
__mlx5_ib_add+0x2b/0x80 [mlx5_ib]
mlx5r_probe+0xb8/0x150 [mlx5_ib]
? auxiliary_match_id+0x6a/0x90
auxiliary_bus_probe+0x3c/0x70
? driver_sysfs_add+0x6b/0x90
really_probe+0xcd/0x380
__driver_probe_device+0x80/0x170
driver_probe_device+0x1e/0x90
__device_attach_driver+0x7d/0x100
? driver_allows_async_probing+0x60/0x60
? driver_allows_async_probing+0x60/0x60
bus_for_each_drv+0x7b/0xc0
__device_attach+0xbc/0x200
bus_probe_device+0x87/0xa0
device_add+0x404/0x940
? dev_set_name+0x53/0x70
__auxiliary_device_add+0x43/0x60
add_adev+0x99/0xe0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_attach_device+0xc8/0x120 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_load_one_devl_locked+0xb2/0xe0 [mlx5_core]
devlink_reload+0x133/0x250
devlink_nl_cmd_reload+0x480/0x570
? devlink_nl_pre_doit+0x44/0x2b0
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0xc2/0x110
genl_rcv_msg+0x180/0x2b0
? devlink_nl_cmd_region_read_dumpit+0x540/0x540
? devlink_reload+0x250/0

Affected

13 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	linux	< linux 6.1.7-1 (bookworm)	linux 6.1.7-1 (bookworm)
linux	linux	—	—
linux	linux	>= aac4492ef23a176b6f1a41aadb99177eceb1fc06 < 8d89870d63758363b07ace5c2df82d6bf865f78b	8d89870d63758363b07ace5c2df82d6bf865f78b
linux	linux	>= aac4492ef23a176b6f1a41aadb99177eceb1fc06 < 9a97da4674b890b4c28f5f12beba8c33a9cd2f49	9a97da4674b890b4c28f5f12beba8c33a9cd2f49
linux	linux	>= aac4492ef23a176b6f1a41aadb99177eceb1fc06 < e597b003c736217b0c99ccf1b240c25009105238	e597b003c736217b0c99ccf1b240c25009105238
linux	linux	>= aac4492ef23a176b6f1a41aadb99177eceb1fc06 < 38b50aa44495d5eb4218f0b82fc2da76505cec53	38b50aa44495d5eb4218f0b82fc2da76505cec53
linux	linux_kernel	—	—
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 6.1.7-1	6.1.7-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 6.1.7-1	6.1.7-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 6.1.7-1	6.1.7-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 4.16 < 5.15.87	5.15.87
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.16 < 6.0.19	6.0.19
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.1 < 6.1.5	6.1.5

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

osv 5.5 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 5.5 MEDIUM

vendor_redhat 5.5 MEDIUM

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