CVE-2023-53657

ice: Don't tx before switchdev is fully configured

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Oct 7, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Oct 7, 2025

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Description

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

ice: Don't tx before switchdev is fully configured

There is possibility that ice_eswitch_port_start_xmit might be called while some resources are still not allocated which might cause NULL pointer dereference. Fix this by checking if switchdev configuration was finished.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • f5396b8a663f7a78ee5b75a47ee524b40795b265 to before 5760a72b3060150b587eff3e879648c7470efdddAffected
  • f5396b8a663f7a78ee5b75a47ee524b40795b265 to before 63ff5a94649837d980e3b9ef535c793ec8cb0ca7Affected
  • f5396b8a663f7a78ee5b75a47ee524b40795b265 to before 7aa529a69e92b9aff585e569d5003f7c15d8d60bAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.16Affected
  • before 5.16Not affected
  • 6.1.55 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.5.5 through 6.5.*Not affected
  • 6.6 and laterNot affected

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