SB2025091892 - Resource management error in Linux kernel mlx5 core driver

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53347)

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_event(), esw_offloads_devcom_init(), esw_offloads_enable() and esw_offloads_stop() functions in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10cbfecc0f99f579fb170feee866c9efaab7ee47
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2be5bd42a5bba1a05daedc86cf0e248210009669
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b17294e7aa8c39dbb9c3e28e2d1983c88b94b387
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.31