{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2023-53393", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-09-17T14:54:09.737Z", "datePublished": "2025-09-18T13:33:35.133Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:44:06.166Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:44:06.166Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/mlx5: Fix mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats when used for device\n\nCurrently, when mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats() is used for device (port_num = 0),\nthere is a special handling in order to use the correct counters, but,\nport_num is being passed down the stack without any change. Also, some\nfunctions assume that port_num >=1. As a result, the following oops can\noccur.\n\n BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff89510294f1a8\n #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\n PGD 0 P4D 0\n Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP\n CPU: 8 PID: 1382 Comm: devlink Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc4_for_upstream_base_2022_11_10_16_12 #1\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_lock+0xc/0x20\n Call Trace:\n \n mlx5_ib_get_native_port_mdev+0x73/0xe0 [mlx5_ib]\n do_get_hw_stats.constprop.0+0x109/0x160 [mlx5_ib]\n mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats+0xad/0x180 [mlx5_ib]\n ib_setup_device_attrs+0xf0/0x290 [ib_core]\n ib_register_device+0x3bb/0x510 [ib_core]\n ? atomic_notifier_chain_register+0x67/0x80\n __mlx5_ib_add+0x2b/0x80 [mlx5_ib]\n mlx5r_probe+0xb8/0x150 [mlx5_ib]\n ? auxiliary_match_id+0x6a/0x90\n auxiliary_bus_probe+0x3c/0x70\n ? driver_sysfs_add+0x6b/0x90\n really_probe+0xcd/0x380\n __driver_probe_device+0x80/0x170\n driver_probe_device+0x1e/0x90\n __device_attach_driver+0x7d/0x100\n ? driver_allows_async_probing+0x60/0x60\n ? driver_allows_async_probing+0x60/0x60\n bus_for_each_drv+0x7b/0xc0\n __device_attach+0xbc/0x200\n bus_probe_device+0x87/0xa0\n device_add+0x404/0x940\n ? dev_set_name+0x53/0x70\n __auxiliary_device_add+0x43/0x60\n add_adev+0x99/0xe0 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_attach_device+0xc8/0x120 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_load_one_devl_locked+0xb2/0xe0 [mlx5_core]\n devlink_reload+0x133/0x250\n devlink_nl_cmd_reload+0x480/0x570\n ? devlink_nl_pre_doit+0x44/0x2b0\n genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0xc2/0x110\n genl_rcv_msg+0x180/0x2b0\n ? devlink_nl_cmd_region_read_dumpit+0x540/0x540\n ? devlink_reload+0x250/0x250\n ? devlink_put+0x50/0x50\n ? genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x110/0x110\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x54/0x100\n genl_rcv+0x24/0x40\n netlink_unicast+0x1f6/0x2c0\n netlink_sendmsg+0x237/0x490\n sock_sendmsg+0x33/0x40\n __sys_sendto+0x103/0x160\n ? handle_mm_fault+0x10e/0x290\n ? do_user_addr_fault+0x1c0/0x5f0\n __x64_sys_sendto+0x25/0x30\n do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n\nFix it by setting port_num to 1 in order to get device status and remove\nunused variable." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/counters.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "aac4492ef23a176b6f1a41aadb99177eceb1fc06", "lessThan": "8d89870d63758363b07ace5c2df82d6bf865f78b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "aac4492ef23a176b6f1a41aadb99177eceb1fc06", "lessThan": "9a97da4674b890b4c28f5f12beba8c33a9cd2f49", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "aac4492ef23a176b6f1a41aadb99177eceb1fc06", "lessThan": "e597b003c736217b0c99ccf1b240c25009105238", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "aac4492ef23a176b6f1a41aadb99177eceb1fc06", "lessThan": "38b50aa44495d5eb4218f0b82fc2da76505cec53", "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/infiniband/hw/mlx5/counters.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4.16", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "4.16", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.87", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.0.19", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.2", "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": "4.16", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.87" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.16", "versionEndExcluding": "6.0.19" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.16", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.5" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.16", "versionEndExcluding": "6.2" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d89870d63758363b07ace5c2df82d6bf865f78b" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a97da4674b890b4c28f5f12beba8c33a9cd2f49" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e597b003c736217b0c99ccf1b240c25009105238" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38b50aa44495d5eb4218f0b82fc2da76505cec53" } ], "title": "RDMA/mlx5: Fix mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats when used for device", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 5.5, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE" } }, { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2023-53393", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2026-01-14T18:59:26.844938Z" } } } ], "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "description": "CWE-noinfo Not enough information" } ] } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-01-14T19:03:05.762Z" } } ] } }