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CVE-2023-53079

net/mlx5: Fix steering rules cleanup

Severity Score

7.1
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix steering rules cleanup vport's mc, uc and multicast rules are not deleted in teardown path when
EEH happens. Since the vport's promisc settings(uc, mc and all) in
firmware are reset after EEH, mlx5 driver will try to delete the above
rules in the initialization path. This cause kernel crash because these
software rules are no longer valid. Fix by nullifying these rules right after delete to avoid accessing any dangling
pointers. Call Trace:
__list_del_entry_valid+0xcc/0x100 (unreliable)
tree_put_node+0xf4/0x1b0 [mlx5_core]
tree_remove_node+0x30/0x70 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_del_flow_rules+0x14c/0x1f0 [mlx5_core]
esw_apply_vport_rx_mode+0x10c/0x200 [mlx5_core]
esw_update_vport_rx_mode+0xb4/0x180 [mlx5_core]
esw_vport_change_handle_locked+0x1ec/0x230 [mlx5_core]
esw_enable_vport+0x130/0x260 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_eswitch_enable_sriov+0x2a0/0x2f0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_device_enable_sriov+0x74/0x440 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_load_one+0x114c/0x1550 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_pci_resume+0x68/0xf0 [mlx5_core]
eeh_report_resume+0x1a4/0x230
eeh_pe_dev_traverse+0x98/0x170
eeh_handle_normal_event+0x3e4/0x640
eeh_handle_event+0x4c/0x370
eeh_event_handler+0x14c/0x210
kthread+0x168/0x1b0
ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x84

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix steering rules cleanup vport's mc, uc and multicast rules are not deleted in teardown path when EEH happens. Since the vport's promisc settings(uc, mc and all) in firmware are reset after EEH, mlx5 driver will try to delete the above rules in the initialization path. This cause kernel crash because these software rules are no longer valid. Fix by nullifying these rules right after delete to avoid accessing any dangling pointers. Call Trace: __list_del_entry_valid+0xcc/0x100 (unreliable) tree_put_node+0xf4/0x1b0 [mlx5_core] tree_remove_node+0x30/0x70 [mlx5_core] mlx5_del_flow_rules+0x14c/0x1f0 [mlx5_core] esw_apply_vport_rx_mode+0x10c/0x200 [mlx5_core] esw_update_vport_rx_mode+0xb4/0x180 [mlx5_core] esw_vport_change_handle_locked+0x1ec/0x230 [mlx5_core] esw_enable_vport+0x130/0x260 [mlx5_core] mlx5_eswitch_enable_sriov+0x2a0/0x2f0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_device_enable_sriov+0x74/0x440 [mlx5_core] mlx5_load_one+0x114c/0x1550 [mlx5_core] mlx5_pci_resume+0x68/0xf0 [mlx5_core] eeh_report_resume+0x1a4/0x230 eeh_pe_dev_traverse+0x98/0x170 eeh_handle_normal_event+0x3e4/0x640 eeh_handle_event+0x4c/0x370 eeh_event_handler+0x14c/0x210 kthread+0x168/0x1b0 ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x84

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Complete
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  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
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Tech. Impact
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-05-02 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-05-02 CVE Published
  • 2025-05-02 CVE Updated
  • ---------- EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.7 < 5.10.177
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.7 < 5.15.105
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.7 < 6.1.22
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.7 < 6.2.9
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.7 < 6.3
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en
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