CVE-2023-53110CWE-476

CVE-2023-53110

High · published May 2, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
40.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

net/smc: fix NULL sndbuf_desc in smc_cdc_tx_handler()

When performing a stress test on SMC-R by rmmod mlx5_ib driver

during the wrk/nginx test, we found that there is a probability

of triggering a panic while terminating all link groups.

This issue dues to the race between smc_smcr_terminate_all()

and smc_buf_create().

smc_smcr_terminate_all

smc_buf_create

/* init */

conn->sndbuf_desc = NULL;

...

__smc_lgr_terminate

smc_conn_kill

smc_close_abort

smc_cdc_get_slot_and_msg_send

__softirqentry_text_start

smc_wr_tx_process_cqe

smc_cdc_tx_handler

READ(conn->sndbuf_desc->len);

/* panic dues to NULL sndbuf_desc */

conn->sndbuf_desc = xxx;

This patch tries to fix the issue by always to check the sndbuf_desc

before send any cdc msg, to make sure that no null pointer is

seen during cqe processing.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00476 · 40.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2025-05-02T20:15Z
Affected products (6)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.1765.10.176
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.1045.15.104
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.216.1.21
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.2.86.2.8
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 MAY 15:55Z
    net/smc: fix NULL sndbuf_desc in smc_cdc_tx_handler()
    cvelistv5