{"cve":"CVE-2023-54129","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-24T13:16:14.887","modified":"2026-08-04T10:19:30.620","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nocteontx2-af: Add validation for lmac type\n\nUpon physical link change, firmware reports to the kernel about the\nchange along with the details like speed, lmac_type_id, etc.\nKernel derives lmac_type based on lmac_type_id received from firmware.\n\nIn a few scenarios, firmware returns an invalid lmac_type_id, which\nis resulting in below kernel panic. This patch adds the missing\nvalidation of the lmac_type_id field.\n\nInternal error: Oops: 96000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\n[   35.321595] Modules linked in:\n[   35.328982] CPU: 0 PID: 31 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted\n5.4.210-g2e3169d8e1bc-dirty #17\n[   35.337014] Hardware name: Marvell CN103XX board (DT)\n[   35.344297] Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn\n[   35.352730] pstate: 40400089 (nZcv daIf +PAN -UAO)\n[   35.360267] pc : strncpy+0x10/0x30\n[   35.366595] lr : cgx_link_change_handler+0x90/0x180","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4392454c694b13d78c84165c0964729772cd3b73","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c0268b141ad612b6fca13d3a66cfda111716dbb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83a7f27c5b94e43f29f8216a32790751139aa61e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd7660c766c4d317feae004e5cd829390bbc4b0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb5edce271764524b88b1a6866b3e626686d9a33"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:18:08.089039631+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-54129","score":0.00293,"percentile":0.21948,"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."]}