CVE-2023-53148

igb: Fix igb_down hung on surprise removal

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Sep 15, 2025
Updated: May 11, 2026
Reserved: May 2, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

igb: Fix igb_down hung on surprise removal

In a setup where a Thunderbolt hub connects to Ethernet and a display through USB Type-C, users may experience a hung task timeout when they remove the cable between the PC and the Thunderbolt hub. This is because the igb_down function is called multiple times when the Thunderbolt hub is unplugged. For example, the igb_io_error_detected triggers the first call, and the igb_remove triggers the second call. The second call to igb_down will block at napi_synchronize. Here's the call trace: __schedule+0x3b0/0xddb ? __mod_timer+0x164/0x5d3 schedule+0x44/0xa8 schedule_timeout+0xb2/0x2a4 ? run_local_timers+0x4e/0x4e msleep+0x31/0x38 igb_down+0x12c/0x22a [igb 6615058754948bfde0bf01429257eb59f13030d4] __igb_close+0x6f/0x9c [igb 6615058754948bfde0bf01429257eb59f13030d4] igb_close+0x23/0x2b [igb 6615058754948bfde0bf01429257eb59f13030d4] __dev_close_many+0x95/0xec dev_close_many+0x6e/0x103 unregister_netdevice_many+0x105/0x5b1 unregister_netdevice_queue+0xc2/0x10d unregister_netdev+0x1c/0x23 igb_remove+0xa7/0x11c [igb 6615058754948bfde0bf01429257eb59f13030d4] pci_device_remove+0x3f/0x9c device_release_driver_internal+0xfe/0x1b4 pci_stop_bus_device+0x5b/0x7f pci_stop_bus_device+0x30/0x7f pci_stop_bus_device+0x30/0x7f pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0x12/0x19 pciehp_unconfigure_device+0x76/0xe9 pciehp_disable_slot+0x6e/0x131 pciehp_handle_presence_or_link_change+0x7a/0x3f7 pciehp_ist+0xbe/0x194 irq_thread_fn+0x22/0x4d ? irq_thread+0x1fd/0x1fd irq_thread+0x17b/0x1fd ? irq_forced_thread_fn+0x5f/0x5f kthread+0x142/0x153 ? __irq_get_irqchip_state+0x46/0x46 ? kthread_associate_blkcg+0x71/0x71 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

In this case, igb_io_error_detected detaches the network interface and requests a PCIE slot reset, however, the PCIE reset callback is not being invoked and thus the Ethernet connection breaks down. As the PCIE error in this case is a non-fatal one, requesting a slot reset can be avoided. This patch fixes the task hung issue and preserves Ethernet connection by ignoring non-fatal PCIE errors.

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before c2312e1d12b1c3ee4100c173131b102e2aed4d04Affected 9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before 124e39a734cb90658b8f0dc110847bbfc6e33792Affected 9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before c9f56f3c7bc908caa772112d3ae71cdd5d18c257Affected 9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before 994c2ceb70ea99264ccc6f09e6703ca267dad63cAffected 9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before fa92c463eba75dcedbd8d689ffdcb83293aaa0c3Affected 9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before 39695e87d86f0e7d897fba1d2559f825aa20caebAffected 9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before 41f63b72a01c0e0ac59ab83fd2d921fcce0f602dAffected 9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before 004d25060c78fc31f66da0fa439c544dda1ac9d5Affected
LinuxLinux	2.6.25Affected before 2.6.25Not affected 4.14.322 through 4.14.Not affected 4.19.291 through 4.19.Not affected 5.4.251 through 5.4.Not affected 5.10.188 through 5.10.Not affected 5.15.150 through 5.15.Not affected 6.1.42 through 6.1.Not affected 6.4.7 through 6.4.*Not affected 6.5 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before c2312e1d12b1c3ee4100c173131b102e2aed4d04Affected
9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before 124e39a734cb90658b8f0dc110847bbfc6e33792Affected
9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before c9f56f3c7bc908caa772112d3ae71cdd5d18c257Affected
9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before 994c2ceb70ea99264ccc6f09e6703ca267dad63cAffected
9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before fa92c463eba75dcedbd8d689ffdcb83293aaa0c3Affected
9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before 39695e87d86f0e7d897fba1d2559f825aa20caebAffected
9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before 41f63b72a01c0e0ac59ab83fd2d921fcce0f602dAffected
9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b to before 004d25060c78fc31f66da0fa439c544dda1ac9d5Affected

LinuxLinux

2.6.25Affected
before 2.6.25Not affected
4.14.322 through 4.14.*Not affected
4.19.291 through 4.19.*Not affected
5.4.251 through 5.4.*Not affected
5.10.188 through 5.10.*Not affected
5.15.150 through 5.15.*Not affected
6.1.42 through 6.1.*Not affected
6.4.7 through 6.4.*Not affected
6.5 and laterNot affected

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