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CVE-2023-52743: ice: Do not use WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag for workqueue

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

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: 0.23% (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 1ad4112c9fcf0bc08222b2b1614fba52ffd12255, 4d159f7884f78b1aacb99b4fc37d1e3cb1194e39, 87a5e3fc8416106e290c448fc8a6dd50ab24c634.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 1ad4112c9fcf0bc08222b2b1614fba52ffd12255, 4d159f7884f78b1aacb99b4fc37d1e3cb1194e39, 87a5e3fc8416106e290c448fc8a6dd50ab24c634 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: ice: Do not use WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag for workqueue When both ice and the irdma driver are loaded, a warning in check_flush_dependency is being triggered. This is due to ice driver workqueue being allocated with the WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag and the irdma one is not. According to kernel documentation, this flag should be set if the workqueue will be involved in the kernel's memory reclamation flow. Since it is not, there is no need for the ice driver's WQ to have this flag set so remove it. Example trace: [ +0.000004] workqueue: WQ_MEM_RECLAIM ice:ice_service_task [ice] is flushing !WQ_MEM_RECLAIM infiniband:0x0 [ +0.000139] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 728 at kernel/workqueue.c:2632 check_flush_dependency+0x178/0x1a0 [ +0.000011] Modules linked in: bonding tls xt_CHECKSUM xt_MASQUERADE xt_conntrack ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 nft_compat nft_cha in_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_tables nfnetlink bridge stp llc rfkill vfat fat intel_rapl_msr intel _rapl_common isst_if_common skx_edac nfit libnvdimm x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel kvm irqbypass crct1 0dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel rapl intel_cstate rpcrdma sunrpc rdma_ucm ib_srpt ib_isert iscsi_target_mod target_ core_mod ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm ib_cm iw_cm iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support ipmi_ssif irdma mei_me ib_uverbs ib_core intel_uncore joydev pcspkr i2c_i801 acpi_ipmi mei lpc_ich i2c_smbus intel_pch_thermal ioatdma ipmi_si acpi_power_meter acpi_pad xfs libcrc32c sd_mod t10_pi crc64_rocksoft crc64 sg ahci ixgbe libahci ice i40e igb crc32c_intel mdio i2c_algo_bit liba ta dca wmi dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler fuse [ +0.000161] [last unloaded: bonding] [ +0.000006] CPU: 0 PID: 728 Comm: kworker/0:2 Tainted: G S 6.2.0-rc2_next-queue-13jan-00458-gc20aabd57164 #1 [ +0.000006] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600WFT/S2600WFT, BIOS SE5C620.86B.02.01.0010.010620200716 01/06/2020 [ +0.000003] Workqueue: ice ice_service_task [ice] [ +0.000127] RIP: 0010:check_flush_dependency+0x178/0x1a0 [ +0.000005] Code: 89 8e 02 01 e8 49 3d 40 00 49 8b 55 18 48 8d 8d d0 00 00 00 48 8d b3 d0 00 00 00 4d 89 e0 48 c7 c7 e0 3b 08 9f e8 bb d3 07 01 <0f> 0b e9 be fe ff ff 80 3d 24 89 8e 02 00 0f 85 6b ff ff ff e9 06 [ +0.000004] RSP: 0018:ffff88810a39f990 EFLAGS: 00010282 [ +0.000005] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888141bc2400 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ +0.000004] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: dffffc0000000000 RDI: ffffffffa1213a80 [ +0.000003] RBP: ffff888194bf3400 R08: ffffed117b306112 R09: ffffed117b306112 [ +0.000003] R10: ffff888bd983088b R11: ffffed117b306111 R12: 0000000000000000 [ +0.000003] R13: ffff888111f84d00 R14: ffff88810a3943ac R15: ffff888194bf3400 [ +0.000004] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888bd9800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ +0.000003] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ +0.000003] CR2: 000056035b208b60 CR3: 000000017795e005 CR4: 00000000007706f0 [ +0.000003] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ +0.000003] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ +0.000002] PKRU: 55555554 [ +0.000003] Call Trace: [ +0.000002] <TASK> [ +0.000003] __flush_workqueue+0x203/0x840 [ +0.000006] ? mutex_unlock+0x84/0xd0 [ +0.000008] ? __pfx_mutex_unlock+0x10/0x10 [ +0.000004] ? __pfx___flush_workqueue+0x10/0x10 [ +0.000006] ? mutex_lock+0xa3/0xf0 [ +0.000005] ib_cache_cleanup_one+0x39/0x190 [ib_core] [ +0.000174] __ib_unregister_device+0x84/0xf0 [ib_core] [ +0.000094] ib_unregister_device+0x25/0x30 [ib_core] [ +0.000093] irdma_ib_unregister_device+0x97/0xc0 [irdma] [ +0.000064] ? __pfx_irdma_ib_unregister_device+0x10/0x10 [irdma] [ +0.000059] ? up_write+0x5c/0x90 [ +0.000005] irdma_remove+0x36/0x90 [irdma] [ +0.000062] auxiliary_bus_remove+0x32/0x50 [ +0.000007] device_r ---truncated---

Published
May 21, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 15th percentile
CWE
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Action score

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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

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Versions reported by the vendor

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  • Linux Linux

    • 4.17affected
    • 940b61af02f497fcd911b9e2d75c6b8cf76b92fd and later · before 87a5e3fc8416106e290c448fc8a6dd50ab24c634affected · git
    • 940b61af02f497fcd911b9e2d75c6b8cf76b92fd and later · before 1ad4112c9fcf0bc08222b2b1614fba52ffd12255affected · git
    • 940b61af02f497fcd911b9e2d75c6b8cf76b92fd and later · before ca834a017851c50464c25a85f3cb2daefff7bedeaffected · git
    • 940b61af02f497fcd911b9e2d75c6b8cf76b92fd and later · before df59e05401450973c8c7e96fd74b49e24442dc1faffected · git
    • 940b61af02f497fcd911b9e2d75c6b8cf76b92fd and later · before 4d159f7884f78b1aacb99b4fc37d1e3cb1194e39affected · git
    • before 4.17not affected · semver
    • 5.4.232 and later · up to and including 5.4.*not affected · semver
    • 5.10.168 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver
    • 5.15.94 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
Affected versions · NVD (5)

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

  • linux linux kernel4.17 and later · before 5.4.232
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.168
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.94
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.12
  • linux linux kernel6.2

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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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-52741May 21, 2024 · cifs: Fix use-after-free in rdata->read_into_pages()
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-52742May 21, 2024 · net: USB: Fix wrong-direction WARNING in plusb.c
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-52744May 21, 2024 · RDMA/irdma: Fix potential NULL-ptr-dereference
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux1ad4112c9fcf0bc08222b2b1614fba52ffd12255Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4d159f7884f78b1aacb99b4fc37d1e3cb1194e39Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux87a5e3fc8416106e290c448fc8a6dd50ab24c634Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxca834a017851c50464c25a85f3cb2daefff7bedeVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxdf59e05401450973c8c7e96fd74b49e24442dc1fVendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.12-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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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)

—

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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