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CVE-2023-52782: net/mlx5e: Track xmit submission to PTP WQ after populating metadata map

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 4d510506b46504664eacf8a44a9e8f3e54c137b8, 7e3f3ba97e6cc6fce5bf62df2ca06c8e59040167, a9d6c0c5a6bd9ca88e964f8843ea41bc085de866.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 4d510506b46504664eacf8a44a9e8f3e54c137b8, 7e3f3ba97e6cc6fce5bf62df2ca06c8e59040167, a9d6c0c5a6bd9ca88e964f8843ea41bc085de866 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: net/mlx5e: Track xmit submission to PTP WQ after populating metadata map Ensure the skb is available in metadata mapping to skbs before tracking the metadata index for detecting undelivered CQEs. If the metadata index is put in the tracking list before putting the skb in the map, the metadata index might be used for detecting undelivered CQEs before the relevant skb is available in the map, which can lead to a null-ptr-deref. Log: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000005: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000028-0x000000000000002f] CPU: 0 PID: 1243 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 6.6.0-rc4+ #108 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events mlx5e_rx_dim_work [mlx5_core] RIP: 0010:mlx5e_ptp_napi_poll+0x9a4/0x2290 [mlx5_core] Code: 8c 24 38 cc ff ff 4c 8d 3c c1 4c 89 f9 48 c1 e9 03 42 80 3c 31 00 0f 85 97 0f 00 00 4d 8b 3f 49 8d 7f 28 48 89 f9 48 c1 e9 03 <42> 80 3c 31 00 0f 85 8b 0f 00 00 49 8b 47 28 48 85 c0 0f 84 05 07 RSP: 0018:ffff8884d3c09c88 EFLAGS: 00010206 RAX: 0000000000000069 RBX: ffff8881160349d8 RCX: 0000000000000005 RDX: ffffed10218f48cf RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: 0000000000000028 RBP: ffff888122707700 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed109a781383 R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: ffff88810c7a7a40 R13: ffff888122707700 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8884d3c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f4f878dd6e0 CR3: 000000014d108002 CR4: 0000000000370eb0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <IRQ> ? die_addr+0x3c/0xa0 ? exc_general_protection+0x144/0x210 ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x22/0x30 ? mlx5e_ptp_napi_poll+0x9a4/0x2290 [mlx5_core] ? mlx5e_ptp_napi_poll+0x8f6/0x2290 [mlx5_core] __napi_poll.constprop.0+0xa4/0x580 net_rx_action+0x460/0xb80 ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x32/0x60 ? __napi_poll.constprop.0+0x580/0x580 ? tasklet_action_common.isra.0+0x2ef/0x760 __do_softirq+0x26c/0x827 irq_exit_rcu+0xc2/0x100 common_interrupt+0x7f/0xa0 </IRQ> <TASK> asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40 RIP: 0010:__kmem_cache_alloc_node+0xb/0x330 Code: 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 8b 44 24 14 8b 4c 24 10 09 c8 eb d5 e8 b7 43 ca 01 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 57 <41> 56 41 89 d6 41 55 41 89 f5 41 54 49 89 fc 53 48 83 e4 f0 48 83 RSP: 0018:ffff88812c4079c0 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 1ffffffff083c7fe RBX: ffff888100042dc0 RCX: 0000000000000218 RDX: 00000000ffffffff RSI: 0000000000000dc0 RDI: ffff888100042dc0 RBP: ffff88812c4079c8 R08: ffffffffa0289f96 R09: ffffed1025880ea9 R10: ffff888138839f80 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 0000000000000dc0 R13: 0000000000000100 R14: 000000000000008c R15: ffff8881271fc450 ? cmd_exec+0x796/0x2200 [mlx5_core] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0xc0 cmd_exec+0x796/0x2200 [mlx5_core] mlx5_cmd_do+0x22/0xc0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_cmd_exec+0x17/0x30 [mlx5_core] mlx5_core_modify_cq_moderation+0x139/0x1b0 [mlx5_core] ? mlx5_add_cq_to_tasklet+0x280/0x280 [mlx5_core] ? lockdep_set_lock_cmp_fn+0x190/0x190 ? process_one_work+0x659/0x1220 mlx5e_rx_dim_work+0x9d/0x100 [mlx5_core] process_one_work+0x730/0x1220 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x400/0x400 ? max_active_store+0xf0/0xf0 ? assign_work+0x168/0x240 worker_thread+0x70f/0x12d0 ? __kthread_parkme+0xd1/0x1d0 ? process_one_work+0x1220/0x1220 kthread+0x2d9/0x3b0 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x70 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork_as ---truncated---

Published
May 21, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 14th percentile

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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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  • Linux Linux

    • 6.6affected
    • e729382c297e2c492ff2a260aa1f23183eadae2e and later · before a9d6c0c5a6bd9ca88e964f8843ea41bc085de866affected · git
    • 3178308ad4ca38955cad684d235153d4939f1fcd and later · before 4d510506b46504664eacf8a44a9e8f3e54c137b8affected · git
    • 3178308ad4ca38955cad684d235153d4939f1fcd and later · before 7e3f3ba97e6cc6fce5bf62df2ca06c8e59040167affected · git
    • before 6.6not affected · semver
    • 6.6.3 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
    • 6.7 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Affected versions

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

  • linux linux kernel6.6 and later · before 6.6.3
  • linux linux kernel6.7

Package-level exposure

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EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.6.8-16.6.8-1

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux4d510506b46504664eacf8a44a9e8f3e54c137b8Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux7e3f3ba97e6cc6fce5bf62df2ca06c8e59040167Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxa9d6c0c5a6bd9ca88e964f8843ea41bc085de866Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.6.8-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

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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