CVE-2023-54223
published 2025-12-30CVE-2023-54223: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq The below crash can be encountered…
PriorityP352critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.45%
39.2th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
The below crash can be encountered when using xdpsock in rx mode for
legacy rq: the buffer gets released in the XDP_REDIRECT path, and then
once again in the driver. This fix sets the flag to avoid releasing on
the driver side.
XSK handling of buffers for legacy rq was relying on the caller to set
the skip release flag. But the referenced fix started using fragment
counts for pages instead of the skip flag.
Crash log:
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xffff8881217e3a: 0000 [#1] SMP
CPU: 0 PID: 14 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1+ #31
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:bpf_prog_03b13f331978c78c+0xf/0x28
Code: ...
RSP: 0018:ffff88810082fc98 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888138404901 RCX: c0ffffc900027cbc
RDX: ffffffffa000b514 RSI: 00ffff8881217e32 RDI: ffff888138404901
RBP: ffff88810082fc98 R08: 0000000000091100 R09: 0000000000000006
R10: 0000000000000800 R11: 0000000000000800 R12: ffffc9000027a000
R13: ffff8881217e2dc0 R14: ffff8881217e2910 R15: ffff8881217e2f00
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88852c800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000564cb2e2cde0 CR3: 000000010e603004 CR4: 0000000000370eb0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
? die_addr+0x32/0x80
? exc_general_protection+0x192/0x390
? asm_exc_general_protection+0x22/0x30
? 0xffffffffa000b514
? bpf_prog_03b13f331978c78c+0xf/0x28
mlx5e_xdp_handle+0x48/0x670 [mlx5_core]
? dev_gro_receive+0x3b5/0x6e0
mlx5e_xsk_skb_from_cqe_linear+0x6e/0x90 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_handle_rx_cqe+0x55/0x100 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_poll_rx_cq+0x87/0x6e0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_napi_poll+0x45e/0x6b0 [mlx5_core]
__napi_poll+0x25/0x
Affected
5 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | linux | — | — |
| linux | linux | >= 6.4.5 < 6.4.10 | 6.4.10 |
| linux | linux | >= 7abd955a58fb0fcd4e756fa2065c03ae488fcfa7 < e0f52298fee449fec37e3e3c32df60008b509b16 | e0f52298fee449fec37e3e3c32df60008b509b16 |
| linux | linux | >= cbb5379362513cbff450df0457dc370da7244bec < 58a113a35846d9a5bd759beb332e551e28451f09 | 58a113a35846d9a5bd759beb332e551e28451f09 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.4.5 < 6.4.10 | 6.4.10 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vendor_redhat5.5LOW
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OSV
CVE-2023-54223: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq The below crash can be enc
osv·2025-12-30
CVE-2023-54223 CVE-2023-54223: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq The below crash can be enc
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq The below crash can be encountered when using xdpsock in rx mode for legacy rq: the buffer gets released in the XDP_REDIRECT path, and then once again in the driver. This fix sets the flag to avoid releasing on the driver side. XSK handling of buffers for legacy rq was relying on the caller to set the skip release flag. But the referenced fix started using fragment counts for pages instead of the skip flag. Crash log: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xffff8881217e3a: 0000 [#1] SMP CPU: 0 PID: 14 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1+ #31 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org
GHSA
GHSA-9gx4-8f8v-9gxp: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
The below crash can be e
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-12-30
CVE-2023-54223 GHSA-9gx4-8f8v-9gxp: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
The below crash can be e
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
The below crash can be encountered when using xdpsock in rx mode for
legacy rq: the buffer gets released in the XDP_REDIRECT path, and then
once again in the driver. This fix sets the flag to avoid releasing on
the driver side.
XSK handling of buffers for legacy rq was relying on the caller to set
the skip release flag. But the referenced fix started using fragment
counts for pages instead of the skip flag.
Crash log:
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xffff8881217e3a: 0000 [#1] SMP
CPU: 0 PID: 14 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1+ #31
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu
OSV
net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
osv·2025-12-30
CVE-2023-54223 net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
The below crash can be encountered when using xdpsock in rx mode for
legacy rq: the buffer gets released in the XDP_REDIRECT path, and then
once again in the driver. This fix sets the flag to avoid releasing on
the driver side.
XSK handling of buffers for legacy rq was relying on the caller to set
the skip release flag. But the referenced fix started using fragment
counts for pages instead of the skip flag.
Crash log:
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xffff8881217e3a: 0000 [#1] SMP
CPU: 0 PID: 14 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1+ #31
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + I
Red Hat
kernel: net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
vendor_redhat·2025-12-30·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2023-54223 [LOW] kernel: net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
kernel: net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
The below crash can be encountered when using xdpsock in rx mode for
legacy rq: the buffer gets released in the XDP_REDIRECT path, and then
once again in the driver. This fix sets the flag to avoid releasing on
the driver side.
XSK handling of buffers for legacy rq was relying on the caller to set
the skip release flag. But the referenced fix started using fragment
counts for pages instead of the skip flag.
Crash log:
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xffff8881217e3a: 0000 [#1] SMP
CPU: 0 PID: 14 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1+ #31
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35
Debian
CVE-2023-54223: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: ...
vendor_debian·2023
CVE-2023-54223 [LOW] CVE-2023-54223: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: ...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq The below crash can be encountered when using xdpsock in rx mode for legacy rq: the buffer gets released in the XDP_REDIRECT path, and then once again in the driver. This fix sets the flag to avoid releasing on the driver side. XSK handling of buffers for legacy rq was relying on the caller to set the skip release flag. But the referenced fix started using fragment counts for pages instead of the skip flag. Crash log: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xffff8881217e3a: 0000 [#1] SMP CPU: 0 PID: 14 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1+ #31 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2023-54223 kernel: net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
bugzilla·2025-12-30
CVE-2023-54223 [LOW] CVE-2023-54223 kernel: net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
CVE-2023-54223 kernel: net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
The below crash can be encountered when using xdpsock in rx mode for
legacy rq: the buffer gets released in the XDP_REDIRECT path, and then
once again in the driver. This fix sets the flag to avoid releasing on
the driver side.
XSK handling of buffers for legacy rq was relying on the caller to set
the skip release flag. But the referenced fix started using fragment
counts for pages instead of the skip flag.
Crash log:
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xffff8881217e3a: 0000 [#1] SMP
CPU: 0 PID: 14 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1+ #31
Hardware name: QE
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## CVE-2023-54223 :
Linux Kernel vulnerability analysis and mitigation
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq
The below crash can be encountered when using xdpsock in rx mode for
legacy rq: the buffer gets released in the XDP_REDIRECT path, and then
once again in the driver. This fix sets the flag to avoid releasing on
the driver side.
XSK handling of buffers for legacy rq was relying on the caller to set
the skip release flag. But the referenced fix started using fragment
counts for pages instead of the skip flag.
Crash log:
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xffff8881217e3a: 0000 [#1] SMP
CPU: 0 PID: 14 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1+ #31
Hardware name: QEMU Stan
2025-12-30
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