{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2023-53855", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-12-09T01:27:17.828Z", "datePublished": "2025-12-09T01:30:20.864Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:52:49.268Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:52:49.268Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: dsa: ocelot: call dsa_tag_8021q_unregister() under rtnl_lock() on driver remove\n\nWhen the tagging protocol in current use is \"ocelot-8021q\" and we unbind\nthe driver, we see this splat:\n\n$ echo '0000:00:00.2' > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/fsl_enetc/unbind\nmscc_felix 0000:00:00.5 swp0: left promiscuous mode\nsja1105 spi2.0: Link is Down\nDSA: tree 1 torn down\nmscc_felix 0000:00:00.5 swp2: left promiscuous mode\nsja1105 spi2.2: Link is Down\nDSA: tree 3 torn down\nfsl_enetc 0000:00:00.2 eno2: left promiscuous mode\nmscc_felix 0000:00:00.5: Link is Down\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nRTNL: assertion failed at net/dsa/tag_8021q.c (409)\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 329 at net/dsa/tag_8021q.c:409 dsa_tag_8021q_unregister+0x12c/0x1a0\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 1 PID: 329 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.5.0-rc3+ #771\npc : dsa_tag_8021q_unregister+0x12c/0x1a0\nlr : dsa_tag_8021q_unregister+0x12c/0x1a0\nCall trace:\n dsa_tag_8021q_unregister+0x12c/0x1a0\n felix_tag_8021q_teardown+0x130/0x150\n felix_teardown+0x3c/0xd8\n dsa_tree_teardown_switches+0xbc/0xe0\n dsa_unregister_switch+0x168/0x260\n felix_pci_remove+0x30/0x60\n pci_device_remove+0x4c/0x100\n device_release_driver_internal+0x188/0x288\n device_links_unbind_consumers+0xfc/0x138\n device_release_driver_internal+0xe0/0x288\n device_driver_detach+0x24/0x38\n unbind_store+0xd8/0x108\n drv_attr_store+0x30/0x50\n---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nRTNL: assertion failed at net/8021q/vlan_core.c (376)\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 329 at net/8021q/vlan_core.c:376 vlan_vid_del+0x1b8/0x1f0\nCPU: 1 PID: 329 Comm: bash Tainted: G W 6.5.0-rc3+ #771\npc : vlan_vid_del+0x1b8/0x1f0\nlr : vlan_vid_del+0x1b8/0x1f0\n dsa_tag_8021q_unregister+0x8c/0x1a0\n felix_tag_8021q_teardown+0x130/0x150\n felix_teardown+0x3c/0xd8\n dsa_tree_teardown_switches+0xbc/0xe0\n dsa_unregister_switch+0x168/0x260\n felix_pci_remove+0x30/0x60\n pci_device_remove+0x4c/0x100\n device_release_driver_internal+0x188/0x288\n device_links_unbind_consumers+0xfc/0x138\n device_release_driver_internal+0xe0/0x288\n device_driver_detach+0x24/0x38\n unbind_store+0xd8/0x108\n drv_attr_store+0x30/0x50\nDSA: tree 0 torn down\n\nThis was somewhat not so easy to spot, because \"ocelot-8021q\" is not the\ndefault tagging protocol, and thus, not everyone who tests the unbinding\npath may have switched to it beforehand. The default\nfelix_tag_npi_teardown() does not require rtnl_lock() to be held." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "7c83a7c539abe9f980996063ac20532a7a7f6eb1", "lessThan": "758dbcfb257e1aee0a310bae789c2af6ffe35d0f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "7c83a7c539abe9f980996063ac20532a7a7f6eb1", "lessThan": "7ae8fa6b70975b6efbbef7912d09bff5a0bff491", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "7c83a7c539abe9f980996063ac20532a7a7f6eb1", "lessThan": "a94c16a2fda010866b8858a386a8bfbeba4f72c5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.12", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.46", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.4.11", "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": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.46" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.4.11" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.5" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/758dbcfb257e1aee0a310bae789c2af6ffe35d0f" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae8fa6b70975b6efbbef7912d09bff5a0bff491" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a94c16a2fda010866b8858a386a8bfbeba4f72c5" } ], "title": "net: dsa: ocelot: call dsa_tag_8021q_unregister() under rtnl_lock() on driver remove", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }