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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53507

HighCVSS 7.8 / 10
Published Oct 1, 2025·Last modified Jun 15, 2026
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No affected components available

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Unregister devlink params in case interface is down Currently, in case an interface is down, mlx5 driver doesn't unregister its devlink params, which leads to this WARN[1]. Fix it by unregistering devlink params in that case as well. [1] [ 295.244769 ] WARNING: CPU: 15 PID: 1 at net/core/devlink.c:9042 devlink_free+0x174/0x1fc [ 295.488379 ] CPU: 15 PID: 1 Comm: shutdown Tainted: G S OE 5.15.0-1017.19.3.g0677e61-bluefield #g0677e61 [ 295.509330 ] Hardware name: https://www.mellanox.com BlueField SoC/BlueField SoC, BIOS 4.2.0.12761 Jun 6 2023 [ 295.543096 ] pc : devlink_free+0x174/0x1fc [ 295.551104 ] lr : mlx5_devlink_free+0x18/0x2c [mlx5_core] [ 295.561816 ] sp : ffff80000809b850 [ 295.711155 ] Call trace: [ 295.716030 ] devlink_free+0x174/0x1fc [ 295.723346 ] mlx5_devlink_free+0x18/0x2c [mlx5_core] [ 295.733351 ] mlx5_sf_dev_remove+0x98/0xb0 [mlx5_core] [ 295.743534 ] auxiliary_bus_remove+0x2c/0x50 [ 295.751893 ] __device_release_driver+0x19c/0x280 [ 295.761120 ] device_release_driver+0x34/0x50 [ 295.769649 ] bus_remove_device+0xdc/0x170 [ 295.777656 ] device_del+0x17c/0x3a4 [ 295.784620 ] mlx5_sf_dev_remove+0x28/0xf0 [mlx5_core] [ 295.794800 ] mlx5_sf_dev_table_destroy+0x98/0x110 [mlx5_core] [ 295.806375 ] mlx5_unload+0x34/0xd0 [mlx5_core] [ 295.815339 ] mlx5_unload_one+0x70/0xe4 [mlx5_core] [ 295.824998 ] shutdown+0xb0/0xd8 [mlx5_core] [ 295.833439 ] pci_device_shutdown+0x3c/0xa0 [ 295.841651 ] device_shutdown+0x170/0x340 [ 295.849486 ] __do_sys_reboot+0x1f4/0x2a0 [ 295.857322 ] __arm64_sys_reboot+0x2c/0x40 [ 295.865329 ] invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100 [ 295.872817 ] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x54/0x184 [ 295.882392 ] do_el0_svc+0x30/0xac [ 295.889008 ] el0_svc+0x48/0x160 [ 295.895278 ] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa4/0x130 [ 295.903807 ] el0t_64_sync+0x1a4/0x1a8 [ 295.911120 ] ---[ end trace 4f1d2381d00d9dce ]---

Risk Scores
Base Score
7.8

The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
7.1

Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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