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        "cveId": "CVE-2023-53060",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-05-02T15:51:43.547Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-05-02T15:55:14.418Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-23T15:27:52.036Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nigb: revert rtnl_lock() that causes deadlock\n\nThe commit 6faee3d4ee8b (\"igb: Add lock to avoid data race\") adds\nrtnl_lock to eliminate a false data race shown below\n\n (FREE from device detaching)      |   (USE from netdev core)\nigb_remove                         |  igb_ndo_get_vf_config\n igb_disable_sriov                 |  vf >= adapter->vfs_allocated_count?\n  kfree(adapter->vf_data)          |\n  adapter->vfs_allocated_count = 0 |\n                                   |    memcpy(... adapter->vf_data[vf]\n\nThe above race will never happen and the extra rtnl_lock causes deadlock\nbelow\n\n[  141.420169]  <TASK>\n[  141.420672]  __schedule+0x2dd/0x840\n[  141.421427]  schedule+0x50/0xc0\n[  141.422041]  schedule_preempt_disabled+0x11/0x20\n[  141.422678]  __mutex_lock.isra.13+0x431/0x6b0\n[  141.423324]  unregister_netdev+0xe/0x20\n[  141.423578]  igbvf_remove+0x45/0xe0 [igbvf]\n[  141.423791]  pci_device_remove+0x36/0xb0\n[  141.423990]  device_release_driver_internal+0xc1/0x160\n[  141.424270]  pci_stop_bus_device+0x6d/0x90\n[  141.424507]  pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0xe/0x20\n[  141.424789]  pci_iov_remove_virtfn+0xba/0x120\n[  141.425452]  sriov_disable+0x2f/0xf0\n[  141.425679]  igb_disable_sriov+0x4e/0x100 [igb]\n[  141.426353]  igb_remove+0xa0/0x130 [igb]\n[  141.426599]  pci_device_remove+0x36/0xb0\n[  141.426796]  device_release_driver_internal+0xc1/0x160\n[  141.427060]  driver_detach+0x44/0x90\n[  141.427253]  bus_remove_driver+0x55/0xe0\n[  141.427477]  pci_unregister_driver+0x2a/0xa0\n[  141.428296]  __x64_sys_delete_module+0x141/0x2b0\n[  141.429126]  ? mntput_no_expire+0x4a/0x240\n[  141.429363]  ? syscall_trace_enter.isra.19+0x126/0x1a0\n[  141.429653]  do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x80\n[  141.429847]  ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x14d/0x1c0\n[  141.430109]  ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x30\n[  141.430849]  ? do_syscall_64+0x67/0x80\n[  141.431083]  ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x183/0x1b0\n[  141.431770]  ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x30\n[  141.432482]  ? do_syscall_64+0x67/0x80\n[  141.432714]  ? exc_page_fault+0x64/0x140\n[  141.432911]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc\n\nSince the igb_disable_sriov() will call pci_disable_sriov() before\nreleasing any resources, the netdev core will synchronize the cleanup to\navoid any races. This patch removes the useless rtnl_(un)lock to guarantee\ncorrectness."
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