CVE-2023-53394

CVE-2023-53394

High · published September 18, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00137 · 2.9th percentile
Published
2025-09-18T18:15Z
Affected products (5)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.1, < 6.4.106.4.10
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
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References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 SEP 13:33Z
    net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix crash on regular rq reactivation
    cvelistv5