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TI-2023-29920 Aliases CVE-2023-53632GHSA-hqcj-v9r7-994j

net/mlx5e: Take RTNL lock when needed before calling xdp_set_features()

Priority LOW 24Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Take RTNL lock when needed before calling xdp_set_features() Hold RTNL lock when calling xdp_set_features() with a registered netdev, as the call triggers the netdev notifiers. This could happen when switching from uplink rep to nic profile for example. This resolves the following call trace: RTNL: assertion failed at net/core/dev.c (1953) WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 112670 at net/core/dev.c:1953 call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80 Modules linked in: sch_mqprio sch_mqprio_lib act_tunnel_key act_mirred act_skbedit cls_matchall nfnetlink_cttimeout act_gact cls_flower sch_ingress bonding ib_umad ip_gre rdma_ucm mlx5_vfio_pci ipip tunnel4 ip6_gre gre mlx5_ib vfio_pci vfio_pci_core vfio_iommu_type1 ib_uverbs vfio mlx5_core ib_ipoib geneve nf_tables ip6_tunnel tunnel6 iptable_raw openvswitch nsh rpcrdma ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_core xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xt_addrtype iptable_nat nf_nat br_netfilter rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss oid_registry overlay zram zsmalloc fuse [last unloaded: ib_uverbs] CPU: 6 PID: 112670 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.4.0-rc7_for_upstream_min_debug_2023_06_28_17_02 #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80 Code: 90 ff 80 3d 2d 6b f7 00 00 75 c5 ba a1 07 00 00 48 c7 c6 e4 ce 0b 82 48 c7 c7 c8 f4 04 82 c6 05 11 6b f7 00 01 e8 a4 7c 8e ff <0f> 0b eb a2 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 54 48 83 e4 f0 48 83 ec RSP: 0018:ffff8882a21c3948 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff82e6f880 RCX: 0000000000000027 RDX: ffff88885f99b5c8 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff88885f99b5c0 RBP: 0000000000000028 R08: ffff88887ffabaa8 R09: 0000000000000003 R10: ffff88887fecbac0 R11: ffff88887ff7bac0 R12: ffff8882a21c3968 R13: ffff88811c018940 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8881274401a0 FS: 00007fe141c81800(0000) GS:ffff88885f980000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f787c28b948 CR3: 000000014bcf3005 CR4: 0000000000370ea0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __warn+0x79/0x120 ? call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80 ? report_bug+0x17c/0x190 ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x60 ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 ? call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80 ? call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80 call_netdevice_notifiers+0x2e/0x50 mlx5e_set_xdp_feature+0x21/0x50 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_nic_init+0xf1/0x1a0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_netdev_init_profile+0x76/0x110 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_netdev_attach_profile+0x1f/0x90 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_netdev_change_profile+0x92/0x160 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_netdev_attach_nic_profile+0x1b/0x30 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_vport_rep_unload+0xaa/0xc0 [mlx5_core] __esw_offloads_unload_rep+0x52/0x60 [mlx5_core] mlx5_esw_offloads_rep_unload+0x52/0x70 [mlx5_core] esw_offloads_unload_rep+0x34/0x70 [mlx5_core] esw_offloads_disable+0x2b/0x90 [mlx5_core] mlx5_eswitch_disable_locked+0x1b9/0x210 [mlx5_core] mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0xf5/0x630 [mlx5_core] ? devlink_get_from_attrs_lock+0x9e/0x110 devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_set_doit+0x60/0xe0 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0xc2/0x110 genl_rcv_msg+0x17d/0x2b0 ? devlink_get_from_attrs_lock+0x110/0x110 ? devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_get_doit+0x290/0x290 ? devlink_pernet_pre_exit+0xf0/0xf0 ? genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x110/0x110 netlink_rcv_skb+0x54/0x100 genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 netlink_unicast+0x1f6/0x2c0 netlink_sendmsg+0x232/0x4a0 sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x60 ? _copy_from_user+0x2a/0x60 __sys_sendto+0x110/0x160 ? __count_memcg_events+0x48/0x90 ? handle_mm_fault+0x161/0x260 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x278/0x6e0 __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 RIP: 0033 ---truncated---

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00184 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.4.11, 6.5Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 5 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux6.3 and later6.4.11, 6.5Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.3 and later Fixed in 6.4.11, 6.5 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 12

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3.1 to before 6.4.11VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3 rc3VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3 rc4VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3 rc5VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3 rc6VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3 rc7VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5 rc1VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5 rc2VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5 rc3VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3.1 to before 6.4.11 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3 rc3 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3 rc4 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3 rc5 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3 rc6 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3 rc7 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5 rc3 Vulnerable ·Linux
Show 2 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5 rc4VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5 rc5VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5 rc4 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5 rc5 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.4.11, 6.5

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2024:2394 Released 2024-04-30 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 +11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool-7.3.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 +29
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, libperf-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 +11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 +9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:2394
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:2394
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:2394
Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:2394
Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:2394
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-53632
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hqcj-v9r7-994j

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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