CVE-2026-53323 net: dsa: remove redundant netdev_lock_ops() from conduit ethtool ops

What is CVE-2026-53323?

CVE-2026-53323 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Jun 2026. 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:

net: dsa: remove redundant netdev_lock_ops() from conduit ethtool ops

DSA replaces the conduit (master) device's ethtool_ops with its own wrappers that aggregate stats from both the conduit and DSA switch ports. Taking the lock again inside the DSA wrappers causes a deadlock.

Stumbled upon this when booting qemu with fbnic and CONFIG_NET_DSA_LOOP=y (which looks like some kind of testing device that auto-populates the ports of eth0). `ethtool -i` is enough to deadlock. This means we have basically zero coverage for DSA stuff with real ops locked devs.

Remove the redundant netdev_lock_ops()/netdev_unlock_ops() calls from the DSA conduit ethtool wrappers.

Weakness: CWE-667

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-53323?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-53323?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2026-53323 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-53323 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-53323, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53323, GHSA-vg65-jq85-8q85, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53323.