{"cve":"CVE-2023-53393","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-18T14:15:42.463","modified":"2026-06-17T06:45:11.927","status":"Modified","description":"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  <TASK>\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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38b50aa44495d5eb4218f0b82fc2da76505cec53","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d89870d63758363b07ace5c2df82d6bf865f78b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a97da4674b890b4c28f5f12beba8c33a9cd2f49","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e597b003c736217b0c99ccf1b240c25009105238"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53393","score":0.00148,"percentile":0.03988,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}