# CVE-2023-54302: RDMA/irdma: Fix data race on CQP completion stats

> A data race in the Linux kernel's irdma driver can cause inconsistent statistics and potential logic bugs, requiring a kernel patch.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2023-54302, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54302, GHSA-h862-m8hq-w46v, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54302

## What is CVE-2023-54302?

CVE-2023-54302 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

RDMA/irdma: Fix data race on CQP completion stats

CQP completion statistics is read lockesly in irdma_wait_event and
irdma_check_cqp_progress while it can be updated in the completion
thread irdma_sc_ccq_get_cqe_info on another CPU as KCSAN reports.

Make completion statistics an atomic variable to reflect coherent updates
to it. This will also avoid load/store tearing logic bug potentially
possible by compiler optimizations.

[77346.170861] BUG: KCSAN: data-race in irdma_handle_cqp_op [irdma] / irdma_sc_ccq_get_cqe_info [irdma]

[77346.171383] write to 0xffff8a3250b108e0 of 8 bytes by task 9544 on cpu 4:
[77346.171483]  irdma_sc_ccq_get_cqe_info+0x27a/0x370 [irdma]
[77346.171658]  irdma_cqp_ce_handler+0x164/0x270 [irdma]
[77346.171835]  cqp_compl_worker+0x1b/0x20 [irdma]
[77346.172009]  process_one_work+0x4d1/0xa40
[77346.172024]  worker_thread+0x319/0x700
[77346.172037]  kthread+0x180/0x1b0
[77346.172054]  ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

[77346.172136] read to 0xffff8a3250b108e0 of 8 bytes by task 9838 on cpu 2:
[77346.172234]  irdma_handle_cqp_op+0xf4/0x4b0 [irdma]
[77346.172413]  irdma_cqp_aeq_cmd+0x75/0xa0 [irdma]
[77346.172592]  irdma_create_aeq+0x390/0x45a [irdma]
[77346.172769]  irdma_rt_init_hw.cold+0x212/0x85d [irdma]
[77346.172944]  irdma_probe+0x54f/0x620 [irdma]
[77346.173122]  auxiliary_bus_probe+0x66/0xa0
[77346.173137]  really_probe+0x140/0x540
[77346.173154]  __driver_probe_device+0xc7/0x220
[77346.173173]  driver_probe_device+0x5f/0x140
[77346.173190]  __driver_attach+0xf0/0x2c0
[77346.173208]  bus_for_each_dev+0xa8/0xf0
[77346.173225]  driver_attach+0x29/0x30
[77346.173240]  bus_add_driver+0x29c/0x2f0
[77346.173255]  driver_register+0x10f/0x1a0
[77346.173272]  __auxiliary_driver_register+0xbc/0x140
[77346.173287]  irdma_init_module+0x55/0x1000 [irdma]
[77346.173460]  do_one_initcall+0x7d/0x410
[77346.173475]  do_init_module+0x81/0x2c0
[77346.173491]  load_module+0x1232/0x12c0
[77346.173506]  __do_sys_finit_module+0x101/0x180
[77346.173522]  __x64_sys_finit_module+0x3c/0x50
[77346.173538]  do_syscall_64+0x39/0x90
[77346.173553]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

[77346.173634] value changed: 0x0000000000000094 -> 0x0000000000000095

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-54302?


## How do I fix CVE-2023-54302?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2023-54302 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54302 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-54302 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-54302 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54302 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-2023-54302/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54302/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54302
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54302
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-54302

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