{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53632 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-53632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-53632 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-53632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53632 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53632/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53632/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-53632","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53632/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-53632","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2023-53632","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53632","GHSA-hqcj-v9r7-994j","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53632"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A missing RTNL lock in the mlx5e driver can cause a kernel warning and potential denial of service when switching network profiles.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Take RTNL lock when needed before calling xdp_set_features()\n\nHold RTNL lock when calling xdp_set_features() with a registered netdev,\nas the call triggers the netdev notifiers. This could happen when\nswitching from uplink rep to nic profile for example.\n\nThis resolves the following call trace:\n\nRTNL: assertion failed at net/core/dev.c (1953)\nWARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 112670 at net/core/dev.c:1953 call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80\nModules linked in: sch_mqprio sch_mqprio_lib act_tunnel_key act_mirred act_skbedit cls_matchall nfnetlink_cttimeout act_gact cls_flower sch_ingress bonding ib_umad ip_gre rdma_ucm mlx5_vfio_pci ipip tunnel4 ip6_gre gre mlx5_ib vfio_pci vfio_pci_core vfio_iommu_type1 ib_uverbs vfio mlx5_core ib_ipoib geneve nf_tables ip6_tunnel tunnel6 iptable_raw openvswitch nsh rpcrdma ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_core xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xt_addrtype iptable_nat nf_nat br_netfilter rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss oid_registry overlay zram zsmalloc fuse [last unloaded: ib_uverbs]\nCPU: 6 PID: 112670 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.4.0-rc7_for_upstream_min_debug_2023_06_28_17_02 #1\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80\nCode: 90 ff 80 3d 2d 6b f7 00 00 75 c5 ba a1 07 00 00 48 c7 c6 e4 ce 0b 82 48 c7 c7 c8 f4 04 82 c6 05 11 6b f7 00 01 e8 a4 7c 8e ff \u003c0f\u003e 0b eb a2 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 54 48 83 e4 f0 48 83 ec\nRSP: 0018:ffff8882a21c3948 EFLAGS: 00010282\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff82e6f880 RCX: 0000000000000027\nRDX: ffff88885f99b5c8 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff88885f99b5c0\nRBP: 0000000000000028 R08: ffff88887ffabaa8 R09: 0000000000000003\nR10: ffff88887fecbac0 R11: ffff88887ff7bac0 R12: ffff8882a21c3968\nR13: ffff88811c018940 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8881274401a0\nFS:  00007fe141c81800(0000) GS:ffff88885f980000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00007f787c28b948 CR3: 000000014bcf3005 CR4: 0000000000370ea0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n ? __warn+0x79/0x120\n ? call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80\n ? report_bug+0x17c/0x190\n ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x60\n ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70\n ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20\n ? call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80\n ? call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80\n call_netdevice_notifiers+0x2e/0x50\n mlx5e_set_xdp_feature+0x21/0x50 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_nic_init+0xf1/0x1a0 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_netdev_init_profile+0x76/0x110 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_netdev_attach_profile+0x1f/0x90 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_netdev_change_profile+0x92/0x160 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_netdev_attach_nic_profile+0x1b/0x30 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_vport_rep_unload+0xaa/0xc0 [mlx5_core]\n __esw_offloads_unload_rep+0x52/0x60 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_esw_offloads_rep_unload+0x52/0x70 [mlx5_core]\n esw_offloads_unload_rep+0x34/0x70 [mlx5_core]\n esw_offloads_disable+0x2b/0x90 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_eswitch_disable_locked+0x1b9/0x210 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0xf5/0x630 [mlx5_core]\n ? devlink_get_from_attrs_lock+0x9e/0x110\n devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_set_doit+0x60/0xe0\n genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0xc2/0x110\n genl_rcv_msg+0x17d/0x2b0\n ? devlink_get_from_attrs_lock+0x110/0x110\n ? devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_get_doit+0x290/0x290\n ? devlink_pernet_pre_exit+0xf0/0xf0\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+0x232/0x4a0\n sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x60\n ? _copy_from_user+0x2a/0x60\n __sys_sendto+0x110/0x160\n ? __count_memcg_events+0x48/0x90\n ? handle_mm_fault+0x161/0x260\n ? do_user_addr_fault+0x278/0x6e0\n __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30\n do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\nRIP: 0033\n---truncated---","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"net/mlx5e: Take RTNL lock when needed before calling xdp_set_features()","id":"CVE-2023-53632","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"race_condition","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"accel/qaic: Fix a leak in map_user_pages()","id":"CVE-2023-53633"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"platform/x86: dell-sysman: Fix reference leak","id":"CVE-2023-53631"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-10-07","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A missing RTNL lock in the mlx5e driver can cause a kernel warning and potential denial of service when switching network profiles.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53632/"}