# CVE-2023-54219: Revert "IB/isert: Fix incorrect release of isert connection"

> A regression in the Linux kernel InfiniBand iSER driver causes a kernel warning and potential instability during device removal, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2023-54219, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54219, GHSA-qqxp-4gq8-fjrw, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54219

## What is CVE-2023-54219?

CVE-2023-54219 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Revert "IB/isert: Fix incorrect release of isert connection"

Commit: 699826f4e30a ("IB/isert: Fix incorrect release of isert connection") is
causing problems on OPA when DEVICE_REMOVAL is happening.

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 WARNING: CPU: 52 PID: 2117247 at drivers/infiniband/core/cq.c:359
ib_cq_pool_cleanup+0xac/0xb0 [ib_core]
 Modules linked in: nfsd nfs_acl target_core_user uio tcm_fc libfc
scsi_transport_fc tcm_loop target_core_pscsi target_core_iblock target_core_file
rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs lockd grace fscache netfs
rfkill rpcrdma rdma_ucm ib_srpt sunrpc ib_isert iscsi_target_mod target_core_mod
opa_vnic ib_iser libiscsi ib_umad scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm ib_ipoib iw_cm
ib_cm hfi1(-) rdmavt ib_uverbs intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common sb_edac ib_core
x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp i2c_i801 mxm_wmi rapl iTCO_wdt
ipmi_si iTCO_vendor_support mei_me ipmi_devintf mei intel_cstate ioatdma
intel_uncore i2c_smbus joydev pcspkr lpc_ich ipmi_msghandler acpi_power_meter
acpi_pad xfs libcrc32c sr_mod sd_mod cdrom t10_pi sg crct10dif_pclmul
crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel drm_kms_helper drm_shmem_helper ahci libahci
ghash_clmulni_intel igb drm libata dca i2c_algo_bit wmi fuse
 CPU: 52 PID: 2117247 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1+ #1
 Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600CWR/S2600CW, BIOS
SE5C610.86B.01.01.0014.121820151719 12/18/2015
 RIP: 0010:ib_cq_pool_cleanup+0xac/0xb0 [ib_core]
 Code: ff 48 8b 43 40 48 8d 7b 40 48 83 e8 40 4c 39 e7 75 b3 49 83
c4 10 4d 39 fc 75 94 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc <0f> 0b eb a1
90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f
 RSP: 0018:ffffc10bea13fc80 EFLAGS: 00010206
 RAX: 000000000000010c RBX: ffff9bf5c7e66c00 RCX: 000000008020001d
 RDX: 000000008020001e RSI: fffff175221f9900 RDI: ffff9bf5c7e67640
 RBP: ffff9bf5c7e67600 R08: ffff9bf5c7e64400 R09: 000000008020001d
 R10: 0000000040000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff9bee4b1e8a18
 R13: dead000000000122 R14: dead000000000100 R15: ffff9bee4b1e8a38
 FS:  00007ff1e6d38740(0000) GS:ffff9bfd9fb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
 CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
 CR2: 00005652044ecc68 CR3: 0000000889b5c005 CR4: 00000000001706e0
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  ? __warn+0x80/0x130
  ? ib_cq_pool_cleanup+0xac/0xb0 [ib_core]
  ? report_bug+0x195/0x1a0
  ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70
  ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70
  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
  ? ib_cq_pool_cleanup+0xac/0xb0 [ib_core]
  disable_device+0x9d/0x160 [ib_core]
  __ib_unregister_device+0x42/0xb0 [ib_core]
  ib_unregister_device+0x22/0x30 [ib_core]
  rvt_unregister_device+0x20/0x90 [rdmavt]
  hfi1_unregister_ib_device+0x16/0xf0 [hfi1]
  remove_one+0x55/0x1a0 [hfi1]
  pci_device_remove+0x36/0xa0
  device_release_driver_internal+0x193/0x200
  driver_detach+0x44/0x90
  bus_remove_driver+0x69/0xf0
  pci_unregister_driver+0x2a/0xb0
  hfi1_mod_cleanup+0xc/0x3c [hfi1]
  __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x17a/0x2f0
  ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xc4/0xd0
  ? syscall_trace_enter.constprop.0+0x126/0x1a0
  do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x90
  ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x30
  ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x90
  ? syscall_exit_work+0x103/0x130
  ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x30
  ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x90
  ? exc_page_fault+0x65/0x150
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
 RIP: 0033:0x7ff1e643f5ab
 Code: 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 75 a8 1b 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3
66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa b8 b0 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0
ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 45 a8 1b 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
 RSP: 002b:00007ffec9103cc8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000b0
 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00005615267fdc50 RCX: 00007ff1e643f5ab
 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000800 RDI: 00005615267fdcb8
 RBP: 00005615267fdc50 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
 R10: 00007ff1e659eac0 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00005615267fdcb8
 R13: 00000000000
---truncated---

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-54219?


## How do I fix CVE-2023-54219?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2023-54219 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54219 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-54219 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-54219 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54219 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54219/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54219/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54219
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54219
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-54219

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