{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2023-53659", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-10-07T15:16:59.662Z", "datePublished": "2025-10-07T15:21:19.619Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-23T15:30:12.319Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-23T15:30:12.319Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\niavf: Fix out-of-bounds when setting channels on remove\n\nIf we set channels greater during iavf_remove(), and waiting reset done\nwould be timeout, then returned with error but changed num_active_queues\ndirectly, that will lead to OOB like the following logs. Because the\nnum_active_queues is greater than tx/rx_rings[] allocated actually.\n\nReproducer:\n\n [root@host ~]# cat repro.sh\n #!/bin/bash\n\n pf_dbsf=\"0000:41:00.0\"\n vf0_dbsf=\"0000:41:02.0\"\n g_pids=()\n\n function do_set_numvf()\n {\n echo 2 >/sys/bus/pci/devices/${pf_dbsf}/sriov_numvfs\n sleep $((RANDOM%3+1))\n echo 0 >/sys/bus/pci/devices/${pf_dbsf}/sriov_numvfs\n sleep $((RANDOM%3+1))\n }\n\n function do_set_channel()\n {\n local nic=$(ls -1 --indicator-style=none /sys/bus/pci/devices/${vf0_dbsf}/net/)\n [ -z \"$nic\" ] && { sleep $((RANDOM%3)) ; return 1; }\n ifconfig $nic 192.168.18.5 netmask 255.255.255.0\n ifconfig $nic up\n ethtool -L $nic combined 1\n ethtool -L $nic combined 4\n sleep $((RANDOM%3))\n }\n\n function on_exit()\n {\n local pid\n for pid in \"${g_pids[@]}\"; do\n kill -0 \"$pid\" &>/dev/null && kill \"$pid\" &>/dev/null\n done\n g_pids=()\n }\n\n trap \"on_exit; exit\" EXIT\n\n while :; do do_set_numvf ; done &\n g_pids+=($!)\n while :; do do_set_channel ; done &\n g_pids+=($!)\n\n wait\n\nResult:\n\n[ 3506.152887] iavf 0000:41:02.0: Removing device\n[ 3510.400799] ==================================================================\n[ 3510.400820] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in iavf_free_all_tx_resources+0x156/0x160 [iavf]\n[ 3510.400823] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88b6f9311008 by task repro.sh/55536\n[ 3510.400823]\n[ 3510.400830] CPU: 101 PID: 55536 Comm: repro.sh Kdump: loaded Tainted: G O --------- -t - 4.18.0 #1\n[ 3510.400832] Hardware name: Powerleader PR2008AL/H12DSi-N6, BIOS 2.0 04/09/2021\n[ 3510.400835] Call Trace:\n[ 3510.400851] dump_stack+0x71/0xab\n[ 3510.400860] print_address_description+0x6b/0x290\n[ 3510.400865] ? iavf_free_all_tx_resources+0x156/0x160 [iavf]\n[ 3510.400868] kasan_report+0x14a/0x2b0\n[ 3510.400873] iavf_free_all_tx_resources+0x156/0x160 [iavf]\n[ 3510.400880] iavf_remove+0x2b6/0xc70 [iavf]\n[ 3510.400884] ? iavf_free_all_rx_resources+0x160/0x160 [iavf]\n[ 3510.400891] ? wait_woken+0x1d0/0x1d0\n[ 3510.400895] ? notifier_call_chain+0xc1/0x130\n[ 3510.400903] pci_device_remove+0xa8/0x1f0\n[ 3510.400910] device_release_driver_internal+0x1c6/0x460\n[ 3510.400916] pci_stop_bus_device+0x101/0x150\n[ 3510.400919] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0xe/0x20\n[ 3510.400924] pci_iov_remove_virtfn+0x187/0x420\n[ 3510.400927] ? pci_iov_add_virtfn+0xe10/0xe10\n[ 3510.400929] ? pci_get_subsys+0x90/0x90\n[ 3510.400932] sriov_disable+0xed/0x3e0\n[ 3510.400936] ? bus_find_device+0x12d/0x1a0\n[ 3510.400953] i40e_free_vfs+0x754/0x1210 [i40e]\n[ 3510.400966] ? i40e_reset_all_vfs+0x880/0x880 [i40e]\n[ 3510.400968] ? pci_get_device+0x7c/0x90\n[ 3510.400970] ? pci_get_subsys+0x90/0x90\n[ 3510.400982] ? pci_vfs_assigned.part.7+0x144/0x210\n[ 3510.400987] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x10/0x10\n[ 3510.400996] i40e_pci_sriov_configure+0x1fa/0x2e0 [i40e]\n[ 3510.401001] sriov_numvfs_store+0x214/0x290\n[ 3510.401005] ? sriov_totalvfs_show+0x30/0x30\n[ 3510.401007] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x10/0x10\n[ 3510.401011] ? __check_object_size+0x15a/0x350\n[ 3510.401018] kernfs_fop_write+0x280/0x3f0\n[ 3510.401022] vfs_write+0x145/0x440\n[ 3510.401025] ksys_write+0xab/0x160\n[ 3510.401028] ? __ia32_sys_read+0xb0/0xb0\n[ 3510.401031] ? fput_many+0x1a/0x120\n[ 3510.401032] ? filp_close+0xf0/0x130\n[ 3510.401038] do_syscall_64+0xa0/0x370\n[ 3510.401041] ? page_fault+0x8/0x30\n[ 3510.401043] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca\n[ 3510.401073] RIP: 0033:0x7f3a9bb842c0\n[ 3510.401079] Code: 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d d8 cb 2c 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 83 3d 89 24 2d 00 00 75 10 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d \n---truncated---" } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_ethtool.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "1555d83ddbb7204ef60c58aee6ca3bbef2c5e99f", "lessThan": "b92defe4e8ee86996c16417ad8c804cb4395fddd", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "68d4274034e618b7f190dc9fbfc4f3436a7430f4", "lessThan": "0fb37ce6c01e17839e26d03222f0b44e6a3ed2b9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4e5e6b5d9d1334d3490326b6922a2daaf56a867f", "lessThan": "6e1d8f1332076a002e6d910d255aa5903d341c56", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4e5e6b5d9d1334d3490326b6922a2daaf56a867f", "lessThan": "65ecebc9ac09427b2c65f271cd5e5bd536c3fe38", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4e5e6b5d9d1334d3490326b6922a2daaf56a867f", "lessThan": "7c4bced3caa749ce468b0c5de711c98476b23a52", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "5.10.82", "lessThan": "5.10.188", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.5", "lessThan": "5.15.123", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_ethtool.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.16", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.16", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.10.188", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.123", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.42", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.4.7", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.4.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.10.82", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.188" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15.5", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.123" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.16", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.42" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.16", "versionEndExcluding": "6.4.7" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.16", "versionEndExcluding": "6.5" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b92defe4e8ee86996c16417ad8c804cb4395fddd" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fb37ce6c01e17839e26d03222f0b44e6a3ed2b9" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e1d8f1332076a002e6d910d255aa5903d341c56" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65ecebc9ac09427b2c65f271cd5e5bd536c3fe38" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c4bced3caa749ce468b0c5de711c98476b23a52" } ], "title": "iavf: Fix out-of-bounds when setting channels on remove", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }