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FKIE_CVE-2023-54237

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-30 13:16 - Updated: 2026-04-15 00:35

Severity ?

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix potential panic dues to unprotected smc_llc_srv_add_link() There is a certain chance to trigger the following panic: PID: 5900 TASK: ffff88c1c8af4100 CPU: 1 COMMAND: "kworker/1:48" #0 [ffff9456c1cc79a0] machine_kexec at ffffffff870665b7 #1 [ffff9456c1cc79f0] __crash_kexec at ffffffff871b4c7a #2 [ffff9456c1cc7ab0] crash_kexec at ffffffff871b5b60 #3 [ffff9456c1cc7ac0] oops_end at ffffffff87026ce7 #4 [ffff9456c1cc7ae0] page_fault_oops at ffffffff87075715 #5 [ffff9456c1cc7b58] exc_page_fault at ffffffff87ad0654 #6 [ffff9456c1cc7b80] asm_exc_page_fault at ffffffff87c00b62 [exception RIP: ib_alloc_mr+19] RIP: ffffffffc0c9cce3 RSP: ffff9456c1cc7c38 RFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 0000000000000004 RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff88c1ea281d00 R8: 000000020a34ffff R9: ffff88c1350bbb20 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000010 R14: ffff88c1ab040a50 R15: ffff88c1ea281d00 ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff CS: 0010 SS: 0018 #7 [ffff9456c1cc7c60] smc_ib_get_memory_region at ffffffffc0aff6df [smc] #8 [ffff9456c1cc7c88] smcr_buf_map_link at ffffffffc0b0278c [smc] #9 [ffff9456c1cc7ce0] __smc_buf_create at ffffffffc0b03586 [smc] The reason here is that when the server tries to create a second link, smc_llc_srv_add_link() has no protection and may add a new link to link group. This breaks the security environment protected by llc_conf_mutex.

References

	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c764cc271d3aa6528ae1b3394babf34ac01f775
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e40b801b3603a8f90b46acbacdea3505c27f01c0
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2f46de98c11d41ac8d22765f47ba54ce5480a5b

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{
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/smc: fix potential panic dues to unprotected smc_llc_srv_add_link()\n\nThere is a certain chance to trigger the following panic:\n\nPID: 5900   TASK: ffff88c1c8af4100  CPU: 1   COMMAND: \"kworker/1:48\"\n #0 [ffff9456c1cc79a0] machine_kexec at ffffffff870665b7\n #1 [ffff9456c1cc79f0] __crash_kexec at ffffffff871b4c7a\n #2 [ffff9456c1cc7ab0] crash_kexec at ffffffff871b5b60\n #3 [ffff9456c1cc7ac0] oops_end at ffffffff87026ce7\n #4 [ffff9456c1cc7ae0] page_fault_oops at ffffffff87075715\n #5 [ffff9456c1cc7b58] exc_page_fault at ffffffff87ad0654\n #6 [ffff9456c1cc7b80] asm_exc_page_fault at ffffffff87c00b62\n    [exception RIP: ib_alloc_mr+19]\n    RIP: ffffffffc0c9cce3  RSP: ffff9456c1cc7c38  RFLAGS: 00010202\n    RAX: 0000000000000000  RBX: 0000000000000002  RCX: 0000000000000004\n    RDX: 0000000000000010  RSI: 0000000000000000  RDI: 0000000000000000\n    RBP: ffff88c1ea281d00   R8: 000000020a34ffff   R9: ffff88c1350bbb20\n    R10: 0000000000000000  R11: 0000000000000001  R12: 0000000000000000\n    R13: 0000000000000010  R14: ffff88c1ab040a50  R15: ffff88c1ea281d00\n    ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018\n #7 [ffff9456c1cc7c60] smc_ib_get_memory_region at ffffffffc0aff6df [smc]\n #8 [ffff9456c1cc7c88] smcr_buf_map_link at ffffffffc0b0278c [smc]\n #9 [ffff9456c1cc7ce0] __smc_buf_create at ffffffffc0b03586 [smc]\n\nThe reason here is that when the server tries to create a second link,\nsmc_llc_srv_add_link() has no protection and may add a new link to\nlink group. This breaks the security environment protected by\nllc_conf_mutex."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nnet/smc: corrige un p\u00e1nico potencial debido a smc_llc_srv_add_link() sin protecci\u00f3n\n\nExiste una cierta probabilidad de desencadenar el siguiente p\u00e1nico:\n\nPID: 5900   TASK: ffff88c1c8af4100  CPU: 1   COMMAND: \"kworker/1:48\"\n #0 [ffff9456c1cc79a0] machine_kexec at ffffffff870665b7\n #1 [ffff9456c1cc79f0] __crash_kexec at ffffffff871b4c7a\n #2 [ffff9456c1cc7ab0] crash_kexec at ffffffff871b5b60\n #3 [ffff9456c1cc7ac0] oops_end at ffffffff87026ce7\n #4 [ffff9456c1cc7ae0] page_fault_oops at ffffffff87075715\n #5 [ffff9456c1cc7b58] exc_page_fault at ffffffff87ad0654\n #6 [ffff9456c1cc7b80] asm_exc_page_fault at ffffffff87c00b62\n    [exception RIP: ib_alloc_mr+19]\n    RIP: ffffffffc0c9cce3  RSP: ffff9456c1cc7c38  RFLAGS: 00010202\n    RAX: 0000000000000000  RBX: 0000000000000002  RCX: 0000000000000004\n    RDX: 0000000000000010  RSI: 0000000000000000  RDI: 0000000000000000\n    RBP: ffff88c1ea281d00   R8: 000000020a34ffff   R9: ffff88c1350bbb20\n    R10: 0000000000000000  R11: 0000000000000001  R12: 0000000000000000\n    R13: 0000000000000010  R14: ffff88c1ab040a50  R15: ffff88c1ea281d00\n    ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018\n #7 [ffff9456c1cc7c60] smc_ib_get_memory_region at ffffffffc0aff6df [smc]\n #8 [ffff9456c1cc7c88] smcr_buf_map_link at ffffffffc0b0278c [smc]\n #9 [ffff9456c1cc7ce0] __smc_buf_create at ffffffffc0b03586 [smc]\n\nLa raz\u00f3n aqu\u00ed es que cuando el servidor intenta crear un segundo enlace, smc_llc_srv_add_link() no tiene protecci\u00f3n y puede a\u00f1adir un nuevo enlace al grupo de enlaces. Esto rompe el entorno de seguridad protegido por llc_conf_mutex."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-54237",
  "lastModified": "2026-04-15T00:35:42.020",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-12-30T13:16:12.193",
  "references": [
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c764cc271d3aa6528ae1b3394babf34ac01f775"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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    },
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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    }
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred"
}

CVE-2023-54237 (GCVE-0-2023-54237)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-30 12:11 – Updated: 2025-12-30 12:11

Title

net/smc: fix potential panic dues to unprotected smc_llc_srv_add_link()

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2f46de98c11d41ac…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c764cc271d3aa652…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e40b801b3603a8f90…

Impacted products

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Linux

Affected: 2d2209f2018943d4152a21eff5b76f1952e0b435 , < f2f46de98c11d41ac8d22765f47ba54ce5480a5b (git)
Affected: 2d2209f2018943d4152a21eff5b76f1952e0b435 , < 0c764cc271d3aa6528ae1b3394babf34ac01f775 (git)
Affected: 2d2209f2018943d4152a21eff5b76f1952e0b435 , < e40b801b3603a8f90b46acbacdea3505c27f01c0 (git)

Linux

Affected: 5.8
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.8 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.16 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.2.3 , ≤ 6.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2023-54237 (GCVE-0-2023-54237)

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