CVE-2023-53638

octeon_ep: cancel queued works in probe error path

State
Published
Severity
7.0 High
Published
Oct 7, 2025
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
Reserved
Oct 7, 2025

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Description

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

octeon_ep: cancel queued works in probe error path

If it fails to get the devices's MAC address, octep_probe exits while leaving the delayed work intr_poll_task queued. When the work later runs, it's a use after free.

Move the cancelation of intr_poll_task from octep_remove into octep_device_cleanup. This does not change anything in the octep_remove flow, but octep_device_cleanup is called also in the octep_probe error path, where the cancelation is needed.

Note that the cancelation of ctrl_mbox_task has to follow intr_poll_task's, because the ctrl_mbox_task may be queued by intr_poll_task.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 24d4333233b378114106a1327d3d635a004f4387 to before 62312e2f6466b5f0a120542a38b410d88a34ed00Affected
  • 24d4333233b378114106a1327d3d635a004f4387 to before 758c91078165ae641b698750a72eafe7968b3756Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.4Affected
  • before 6.4Not affected
  • 6.4.12 through 6.4.*Not affected
  • 6.5 and laterNot affected

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