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CVE-2023-52745· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

IB/IPoIB: Fix legacy IPoIB due to wrong number of queues

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.26% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 1b4ef90cbcfa603b3bb536fbd6f261197012b6f6, 4.10, 4.15.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 7.8, NVD 5.5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 1b4ef90cbcfa603b3bb536fbd6f261197012b6f6, 4.10, 4.15 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/IPoIB: Fix legacy IPoIB due to wrong number of queues The cited commit creates child PKEY interfaces over netlink will multiple tx and rx queues, but some devices doesn't support more than 1 tx and 1 rx queues. This causes to a crash when traffic is sent over the PKEY interface due to the parent having a single queue but the child having multiple queues. This patch fixes the number of queues to 1 for legacy IPoIB at the earliest possible point in time. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000036b PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP CPU: 4 PID: 209665 Comm: python3 Not tainted 6.1.0_for_upstream_min_debug_2022_12_12_17_02 #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_alloc+0xcb/0x450 Code: ce 7e 49 8b 50 08 49 83 78 10 00 4d 8b 28 0f 84 cb 02 00 00 4d 85 ed 0f 84 c2 02 00 00 41 8b 44 24 28 48 8d 4a 01 49 8b 3c 24 <49> 8b 5c 05 00 4c 89 e8 65 48 0f c7 0f 0f 94 c0 84 c0 74 b8 41 8b RSP: 0018:ffff88822acbbab8 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000000070 RBX: ffff8881c28e3e00 RCX: 00000000064f8dae RDX: 00000000064f8dad RSI: 0000000000000a20 RDI: 0000000000030d00 RBP: 0000000000000a20 R08: ffff8882f5d30d00 R09: ffff888104032f40 R10: ffff88810fade828 R11: 736f6d6570736575 R12: ffff88810081c000 R13: 00000000000002fb R14: ffffffff817fc865 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f9324ff9700(0000) GS:ffff8882f5d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000000000036b CR3: 00000001125af004 CR4: 0000000000370ea0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> skb_clone+0x55/0xd0 ip6_finish_output2+0x3fe/0x690 ip6_finish_output+0xfa/0x310 ip6_send_skb+0x1e/0x60 udp_v6_send_skb+0x1e5/0x420 udpv6_sendmsg+0xb3c/0xe60 ? ip_mc_finish_output+0x180/0x180 ? __switch_to_asm+0x3a/0x60 ? __switch_to_asm+0x34/0x60 sock_sendmsg+0x33/0x40 __sys_sendto+0x103/0x160 ? _copy_to_user+0x21/0x30 ? kvm_clock_get_cycles+0xd/0x10 ? ktime_get_ts64+0x49/0xe0 __x64_sys_sendto+0x25/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 RIP: 0033:0x7f9374f1ed14 Code: 42 41 f8 ff 44 8b 4c 24 2c 4c 8b 44 24 20 89 c5 44 8b 54 24 28 48 8b 54 24 18 b8 2c 00 00 00 48 8b 74 24 10 8b 7c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 34 89 ef 48 89 44 24 08 e8 68 41 f8 ff 48 8b RSP: 002b:00007f9324ff7bd0 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f9324ff7cc8 RCX: 00007f9374f1ed14 RDX: 00000000000002fb RSI: 00007f93000052f0 RDI: 0000000000000030 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007f9324ff7d40 R09: 000000000000001c R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 000000012a05f200 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 00007f9374d57bdc </TASK>

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 21, 2024
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 16th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.5
CNA · Linux
7.8
2.3 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel4.9.337 and later · before 4.10
  • linux linux kernel4.14.303 and later · before 4.15
  • linux linux kernel4.19.270 and later · before 4.20
  • linux linux kernel5.4.229 and later · before 5.4.232
  • linux linux kernel5.10.163 and later · before 5.10.168
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.94
  • linux linux kernel6.0.16 and later · before 6.1
  • linux linux kernel6.1.2 and later · before 6.1.12

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 2aecfec735f16f99c059db956edfd95a32458d22, 8fa3ee8ef185eb3e8be44f282721b05a03e6f888, bc2f5760b47cba4a76be9371806f8f10fccf71a9, bab775fa9c4f4b4da30c9cc99be4bec19fb01659affected
    • d4bf3fcccd188db9f3310d93472041cdefba97bf and later · before 4a779187db39b2f32d048a752573e56e4e77807faffected · git
    • d21714134505bc23daa0455b295f3b63730b3b42 and later · before b1afb666c32931667c15ad1b58e7203f0119dcafaffected · git
    • ca48174a7643a7e6dd31c4338c5cde49552e138e and later · before 1b4ef90cbcfa603b3bb536fbd6f261197012b6f6affected · git
    • ee0e9b2c4b9c35837553124b4912230a7e7c7212 and later · before 7197460dcd43ff0e4a502ba855dd82d37c2848ccaffected · git
    • dbc94a0fb81771a38733c0e8f2ea8c4fa6934dc1 and later · before e632291a2dbce45a24cddeb5fe28fe71d724ba43affected · git
    • 4.9.337 and later · before 4.10affected · semver
    • 4.14.303 and later · before 4.15affected · semver
    • 4.19.270 and later · before 4.20affected · semver
    • 6.0.16 and later · before 6.1affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.12-16.1.12-1

Same product

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux1b4ef90cbcfa603b3bb536fbd6f261197012b6f6Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4.10Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4.15Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4.20Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4a779187db39b2f32d048a752573e56e4e77807fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5.10.168Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5.15.94Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5.4.232Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux6.1Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux6.1.12Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux7197460dcd43ff0e4a502ba855dd82d37c2848ccVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxb1afb666c32931667c15ad1b58e7203f0119dcafVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe632291a2dbce45a24cddeb5fe28fe71d724ba43Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.12-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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