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        "cveId": "CVE-2023-53079",
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        "dateReserved": "2025-05-02T15:51:43.549Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-05-02T15:55:28.968Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:38:07.356Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5: Fix steering rules cleanup\n\nvport's mc, uc and multicast rules are not deleted in teardown path when\nEEH happens. Since the vport's promisc settings(uc, mc and all) in\nfirmware are reset after EEH, mlx5 driver will try to delete the above\nrules in the initialization path. This cause kernel crash because these\nsoftware rules are no longer valid.\n\nFix by nullifying these rules right after delete to avoid accessing any dangling\npointers.\n\nCall Trace:\n__list_del_entry_valid+0xcc/0x100 (unreliable)\ntree_put_node+0xf4/0x1b0 [mlx5_core]\ntree_remove_node+0x30/0x70 [mlx5_core]\nmlx5_del_flow_rules+0x14c/0x1f0 [mlx5_core]\nesw_apply_vport_rx_mode+0x10c/0x200 [mlx5_core]\nesw_update_vport_rx_mode+0xb4/0x180 [mlx5_core]\nesw_vport_change_handle_locked+0x1ec/0x230 [mlx5_core]\nesw_enable_vport+0x130/0x260 [mlx5_core]\nmlx5_eswitch_enable_sriov+0x2a0/0x2f0 [mlx5_core]\nmlx5_device_enable_sriov+0x74/0x440 [mlx5_core]\nmlx5_load_one+0x114c/0x1550 [mlx5_core]\nmlx5_pci_resume+0x68/0xf0 [mlx5_core]\neeh_report_resume+0x1a4/0x230\neeh_pe_dev_traverse+0x98/0x170\neeh_handle_normal_event+0x3e4/0x640\neeh_handle_event+0x4c/0x370\neeh_event_handler+0x14c/0x210\nkthread+0x168/0x1b0\nret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x84"
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