CVE-2023-53394

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.1-6.4.10 - Denial of Service via Stale CQE Handling in mlx5e Regular RQ Reactivation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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