CVE-2023-53394
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 6.1-6.4.10 - Denial of Service via Stale CQE Handling in mlx5e Regular RQ Reactivation
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix crash on regular rq reactivation When the regular rq is reactivated after the XSK socket is closed it could be reading stale cqes which eventually corrupts the rq. This leads to no more traffic being received on the regular rq and a crash on the next close or deactivation of the rq. Kal Cuttler Conely reported this issue as a crash on the release path when the xdpsock sample program is stopped (killed) and restarted in sequence while traffic is running. This patch flushes all cqes when during the rq flush. The cqe flushing is done in the reset state of the rq. mlx5e_rq_to_ready code is moved into the flush function to allow for this.
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0012
EPSS Percentile
2.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
Status
published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel
6.1.0 - 6.4.10linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.1
Linux/Linux
082a9edf12fef88400172e7d1b131d65a3ed492e - 02a84eb2af6bea7871cd34264fb27f141f005fd9
Linux/Linux
082a9edf12fef88400172e7d1b131d65a3ed492e - 39646d9bcd1a65d2396328026626859a1dab59d7
Linux/Linux
6.1
Linux/Linux
6.4.10 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux
6.5
linux/linux_kernel
6.5 rc1 (4 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
6.1 - 6.4.10
Published
Sep 18, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026