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CVE-2023-53347 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Handle pairing of E-switch via uplink un/load APIs In case user switch a device from switchdev mode to legacy mode, mlx5 first unpair the E-switch and afterwards unload the uplink vport. From the other hand, in case user remove or reload a device, mlx5 first unload the uplink vport and afterwards unpair the E-switch. The latter is causing a bug[1], hence, handle pairing of E-switch as part of uplink un/load APIs. [1] In case VF_LAG is used, every tc fdb flow is duplicated to the peer esw. However, the original esw keeps a pointer to this duplicated flow, not the peer esw. e.g.: if user create tc fdb flow over esw0, the flow is duplicated over esw1, in FW/HW, but in SW, esw0 keeps a pointer to the duplicated flow. During module unload while a peer tc fdb flow is still offloaded, in case the first device to be removed is the peer device (esw1 in the example above), the peer net-dev is destroyed, and so the mlx5e_priv is memset to 0. Afterwards, the peer device is trying to unpair himself from the original device (esw0 in the example above). Unpair API invoke the original device to clear peer flow from its eswitch (esw0), but the peer flow, which is stored over the original eswitch (esw0), is trying to use the peer mlx5e_priv, which is memset to 0 and result in bellow kernel-oops. [ 157.964081 ] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 000000000002ce60 [ 157.964662 ] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 157.965123 ] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 157.965582 ] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 157.965866 ] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 157.967670 ] RIP: 0010:mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_flow+0x48/0x460 [mlx5_core] [ 157.976164 ] Call Trace: [ 157.976437 ] <TASK> [ 157.976690 ] __mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_peer_flow+0xe6/0x100 [mlx5_core] [ 157.977230 ] mlx5e_tc_clean_fdb_peer_flows+0x67/0x90 [mlx5_core] [ 157.977767 ] mlx5_esw_offloads_unpair+0x2d/0x1e0 [mlx5_core] [ 157.984653 ] mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_event+0xbf/0x130 [mlx5_core] [ 157.985212 ] mlx5_devcom_send_event+0xa3/0xb0 [mlx5_core] [ 157.985714 ] esw_offloads_disable+0x5a/0x110 [mlx5_core] [ 157.986209 ] mlx5_eswitch_disable_locked+0x152/0x170 [mlx5_core] [ 157.986757 ] mlx5_eswitch_disable+0x51/0x80 [mlx5_core] [ 157.987248 ] mlx5_unload+0x2a/0xb0 [mlx5_core] [ 157.987678 ] mlx5_uninit_one+0x5f/0xd0 [mlx5_core] [ 157.988127 ] remove_one+0x64/0xe0 [mlx5_core] [ 157.988549 ] pci_device_remove+0x31/0xa0 [ 157.988933 ] device_release_driver_internal+0x18f/0x1f0 [ 157.989402 ] driver_detach+0x3f/0x80 [ 157.989754 ] bus_remove_driver+0x70/0xf0 [ 157.990129 ] pci_unregister_driver+0x34/0x90 [ 157.990537 ] mlx5_cleanup+0xc/0x1c [mlx5_core] [ 157.990972 ] __x64_sys_delete_module+0x15a/0x250 [ 157.991398 ] ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xea/0x110 [ 157.991840 ] do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90 [ 157.992198 ] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10cbfecc0f99f579fb170feee866c9efaab7ee47 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2be5bd42a5bba1a05daedc86cf0e248210009669 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b17294e7aa8c39dbb9c3e28e2d1983c88b94b387 kernel.org

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-53347
NVD Published Date:
09/17/2025
NVD Last Modified:
09/17/2025
Source:
kernel.org