{"cve":"CVE-2023-54156","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-24T13:16:17.630","modified":"2026-10-15T22:17:53.783","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsfc: fix crash when reading stats while NIC is resetting\n\nefx_net_stats() (.ndo_get_stats64) can be called during an ethtool\n selftest, during which time nic_data->mc_stats is NULL as the NIC has\n been fini'd.  In this case do not attempt to fetch the latest stats\n from the hardware, else we will crash on a NULL dereference:\n    BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000038\n    RIP efx_nic_update_stats\n    abridged calltrace:\n    efx_ef10_update_stats_pf\n    efx_net_stats\n    dev_get_stats\n    dev_seq_printf_stats\nSkipping the read is safe, we will simply give out stale stats.\nTo ensure that the free in efx_ef10_fini_nic() does not race against\n efx_ef10_update_stats_pf(), which could cause a TOCTTOU bug, take the\n efx->stats_lock in fini_nic (it is already held across update_stats).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/446f5567934331923d0aec4ce045e4ecb0174aae","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/470152d76b3ed107d172ea46acc4bfa941f20b4b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91f4ef204e731565afdc6c2a7fcf509a3fd6fd67","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aba32b4c58112960c0c708703ca6b44dc8944082","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb1aa7cc562cab6a87ea33574c8c65f2d2fd7aeb"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:18:08.089039631+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-54156","score":0.0022,"percentile":0.12378,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}