--- id: CVE-2023-53659 title: |- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iavf: Fix out-of-bounds when setting channels on remove If we set channels greater during iavf_remove(), and waiting reset done would be timeout, then returned with er… summary: |- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iavf: Fix out-of-bounds when setting channels on remove If we set channels greater during iavf_remove(), and waiting reset done would be timeout, then returned with er… severity: high cvss: 7.8 cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H' cwe: - CWE-125 vendor: linux product: linux_kernel affected: - 'linux_kernel >= 5.10.82, < 5.10.188' - 'linux_kernel >= 5.15.5, < 5.15.123' - 'linux_kernel >= 5.16.1, < 6.1.42' - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.4.7' - linux_kernel = 5.16 - linux_kernel = 6.5 patched: - linux_kernel 6.4.7 published: '2025-10-07' updated: '2026-10-15' sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T22:17:45.410' source: NVD sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53659' references: - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fb37ce6c01e17839e26d03222f0b44e6a3ed2b9' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65ecebc9ac09427b2c65f271cd5e5bd536c3fe38' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e1d8f1332076a002e6d910d255aa5903d341c56' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c4bced3caa749ce468b0c5de711c98476b23a52' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b92defe4e8ee86996c16417ad8c804cb4395fddd' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 tags: - nvd - cve.org epss: 0.00169 epssPercentile: 0.06248 ssvc: exploitation: none automatable: 'no' technicalImpact: total timestamp: '2026-10-15T21:36:16.388516Z' ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T22:48:25.415Z' --- ## Overview In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iavf: Fix out-of-bounds when setting channels on remove If we set channels greater during iavf_remove(), and waiting reset done would be timeout, then returned with error but changed num_active_queues directly, that will lead to OOB like the following logs. Because the num_active_queues is greater than tx/rx_rings[] allocated actually. Reproducer: [root@host ~]# cat repro.sh #!/bin/bash pf_dbsf="0000:41:00.0" vf0_dbsf="0000:41:02.0" g_pids=() function do_set_numvf() { echo 2 >/sys/bus/pci/devices/${pf_dbsf}/sriov_numvfs sleep $((RANDOM%3+1)) echo 0 >/sys/bus/pci/devices/${pf_dbsf}/sriov_numvfs sleep $((RANDOM%3+1)) } function do_set_channel() { local nic=$(ls -1 --indicator-style=none /sys/bus/pci/devices/${vf0_dbsf}/net/) [ -z "$nic" ] && { sleep $((RANDOM%3)) ; return 1; } ifconfig $nic 192.168.18.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig $nic up ethtool -L $nic combined 1 ethtool -L $nic combined 4 sleep $((RANDOM%3)) } function on_exit() { local pid for pid in "${g_pids[@]}"; do kill -0 "$pid" &>/dev/null && kill "$pid" &>/dev/null done g_pids=() } trap "on_exit; exit" EXIT while :; do do_set_numvf ; done & g_pids+=($!) while :; do do_set_channel ; done & g_pids+=($!) wait Result: [ 3506.152887] iavf 0000:41:02.0: Removing device [ 3510.400799] ================================================================== [ 3510.400820] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in iavf_free_all_tx_resources+0x156/0x160 [iavf] [ 3510.400823] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88b6f9311008 by task repro.sh/55536 [ 3510.400823] [ 3510.400830] CPU: 101 PID: 55536 Comm: repro.sh Kdump: loaded Tainted: G O --------- -t - 4.18.0 #1 [ 3510.400832] Hardware name: Powerleader PR2008AL/H12DSi-N6, BIOS 2.0 04/09/2021 [ 3510.400835] Call Trace: [ 3510.400851] dump_stack+0x71/0xab [ 3510.400860] print_address_description+0x6b/0x290 [ 3510.400865] ? iavf_free_all_tx_resources+0x156/0x160 [iavf] [ 3510.400868] kasan_report+0x14a/0x2b0 [ 3510.400873] iavf_free_all_tx_resources+0x156/0x160 [iavf] [ 3510.400880] iavf_remove+0x2b6/0xc70 [iavf] [ 3510.400884] ? iavf_free_all_rx_resources+0x160/0x160 [iavf] [ 3510.400891] ? wait_woken+0x1d0/0x1d0 [ 3510.400895] ? notifier_call_chain+0xc1/0x130 [ 3510.400903] pci_device_remove+0xa8/0x1f0 [ 3510.400910] device_release_driver_internal+0x1c6/0x460 [ 3510.400916] pci_stop_bus_device+0x101/0x150 [ 3510.400919] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0xe/0x20 [ 3510.400924] pci_iov_remove_virtfn+0x187/0x420 [ 3510.400927] ? pci_iov_add_virtfn+0xe10/0xe10 [ 3510.400929] ? pci_get_subsys+0x90/0x90 [ 3510.400932] sriov_disable+0xed/0x3e0 [ 3510.400936] ? bus_find_device+0x12d/0x1a0 [ 3510.400953] i40e_free_vfs+0x754/0x1210 [i40e] [ 3510.400966] ? i40e_reset_all_vfs+0x880/0x880 [i40e] [ 3510.400968] ? pci_get_device+0x7c/0x90 [ 3510.400970] ? pci_get_subsys+0x90/0x90 [ 3510.400982] ? pci_vfs_assigned.part.7+0x144/0x210 [ 3510.400987] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x10/0x10 [ 3510.400996] i40e_pci_sriov_configure+0x1fa/0x2e0 [i40e] [ 3510.401001] sriov_numvfs_store+0x214/0x290 [ 3510.401005] ? sriov_totalvfs_show+0x30/0x30 [ 3510.401007] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x10/0x10 [ 3510.401011] ? __check_object_size+0x15a/0x350 [ 3510.401018] kernfs_fop_write+0x280/0x3f0 [ 3510.401022] vfs_write+0x145/0x440 [ 3510.401025] ksys_write+0xab/0x160 [ 3510.401028] ? __ia32_sys_read+0xb0/0xb0 [ 3510.401031] ? fput_many+0x1a/0x120 [ 3510.401032] ? filp_close+0xf0/0x130 [ 3510.401038] do_syscall_64+0xa0/0x370 [ 3510.401041] ? page_fault+0x8/0x30 [ 3510.401043] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca [ 3510.401073] RIP: 0033:0x7f3a9bb842c0 [ 3510.401079] Code: 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d d8 cb 2c 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 83 3d 89 24 2d 00 00 75 10 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d ---truncated--- ## Affected - `linux_kernel >= 5.10.82, < 5.10.188` - `linux_kernel >= 5.15.5, < 5.15.123` - `linux_kernel >= 5.16.1, < 6.1.42` - `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.4.7` - `linux_kernel = 5.16` - `linux_kernel = 6.5` ## Remediation Upgrade past the affected range: - `linux_kernel 6.4.7`