CVE-2023-53855

published 2025-12-09

CVE-2023-53855: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: ocelot: call dsa_tag_8021q_unregister() under rtnl_lock() on driver remove When…

Priority P4 21

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

net: dsa: ocelot: call dsa_tag_8021q_unregister() under rtnl_lock() on driver remove

When the tagging protocol in current use is "ocelot-8021q" and we unbind
the driver, we see this splat:

$ echo '0000:00:00.2' > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/fsl_enetc/unbind
mscc_felix 0000:00:00.5 swp0: left promiscuous mode
sja1105 spi2.0: Link is Down
DSA: tree 1 torn down
mscc_felix 0000:00:00.5 swp2: left promiscuous mode
sja1105 spi2.2: Link is Down
DSA: tree 3 torn down
fsl_enetc 0000:00:00.2 eno2: left promiscuous mode
mscc_felix 0000:00:00.5: Link is Down
------------[ cut here ]------------
RTNL: assertion failed at net/dsa/tag_8021q.c (409)
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 329 at net/dsa/tag_8021q.c:409 dsa_tag_8021q_unregister+0x12c/0x1a0
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 329 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.5.0-rc3+ #771
pc : dsa_tag_8021q_unregister+0x12c/0x1a0
lr : dsa_tag_8021q_unregister+0x12c/0x1a0
Call trace:
dsa_tag_8021q_unregister+0x12c/0x1a0
felix_tag_8021q_teardown+0x130/0x150
felix_teardown+0x3c/0xd8
dsa_tree_teardown_switches+0xbc/0xe0
dsa_unregister_switch+0x168/0x260
felix_pci_remove+0x30/0x60
pci_device_remove+0x4c/0x100
device_release_driver_internal+0x188/0x288
device_links_unbind_consumers+0xfc/0x138
device_release_driver_internal+0xe0/0x288
device_driver_detach+0x24/0x38
unbind_store+0xd8/0x108
drv_attr_store+0x30/0x50
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
------------[ cut here ]------------
RTNL: assertion failed at net/8021q/vlan_core.c (376)
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 329 at net/8021q/vlan_core.c:376 vlan_vid_del+0x1b8/0x1f0
CPU: 1 PID: 329 Comm: bash Tainted: G W 6.5.0-rc3+ #771
pc : vlan_vid_del+0x1b8/0x1f0
lr : vlan_vid_del+0x1b8/0x1f0
dsa_tag_8021q_unregister+0x8c/0x1a0
felix_tag_8021q_teardown+0x130/0x150
felix_teardown+0x3c/0xd8
dsa_tree_teardown_switches+0xbc/0xe0
dsa_unregister_switch+0x168/0x260
felix_pci_remove+0x30/0x60
pci_device_remove+0x4c/0x100
device_release_driver_internal+0x188/0x288
device_links

Affected

10 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	linux	< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)	linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)
linux	linux	—	—
linux	linux	>= 7c83a7c539abe9f980996063ac20532a7a7f6eb1 < 758dbcfb257e1aee0a310bae789c2af6ffe35d0f	758dbcfb257e1aee0a310bae789c2af6ffe35d0f
linux	linux	>= 7c83a7c539abe9f980996063ac20532a7a7f6eb1 < 7ae8fa6b70975b6efbbef7912d09bff5a0bff491	7ae8fa6b70975b6efbbef7912d09bff5a0bff491
linux	linux	>= 7c83a7c539abe9f980996063ac20532a7a7f6eb1 < a94c16a2fda010866b8858a386a8bfbeba4f72c5	a94c16a2fda010866b8858a386a8bfbeba4f72c5
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 6.1.52-1	6.1.52-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 6.4.11-1	6.4.11-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 6.4.11-1	6.4.11-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.12.0 < 6.1.46	6.1.46
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.2.0 < 6.4.11	6.4.11

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