In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Move representor neigh cleanup to profile cleanup_tx For IP tunnel encapsulation in ECMP (Equal-Cost Multipath) mode, as the flow is duplicated to the peer eswitch, the related neighbour information on the peer uplink representor is created as well. In the cited commit, eswitch devcom unpair is moved to uplink unload API, specifically the profile->cleanup_tx. If there is a encap rule offloaded in ECMP mode, when one eswitch does unpair (because of unloading the driver, for instance), and the peer rule from the peer eswitch is going to be deleted, the use-after-free error is triggered while accessing neigh info, as it is already cleaned up in uplink's profile->disable, which is before its profile->cleanup_tx. To fix this issue, move the neigh cleanup to profile's cleanup_tx callback, and after mlx5e_cleanup_uplink_rep_tx is called. The neigh init is moved to init_tx for symmeter. [ 2453.376299] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mlx5e_rep_neigh_entry_release+0x109/0x3a0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.379125] Read of size 4 at addr ffff888127af9008 by task modprobe/2496 [ 2453.381542] CPU: 7 PID: 2496 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G B 6.4.0-rc7+ #15 [ 2453.383386] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 2453.384335] Call Trace: [ 2453.384625] <TASK> [ 2453.384891] dump_stack_lvl+0x33/0x50 [ 2453.385285] print_report+0xc2/0x610 [ 2453.385667] ? __virt_addr_valid+0xb1/0x130 [ 2453.386091] ? mlx5e_rep_neigh_entry_release+0x109/0x3a0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.386757] kasan_report+0xae/0xe0 [ 2453.387123] ? mlx5e_rep_neigh_entry_release+0x109/0x3a0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.387798] mlx5e_rep_neigh_entry_release+0x109/0x3a0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.388465] mlx5e_rep_encap_entry_detach+0xa6/0xe0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.389111] mlx5e_encap_dealloc+0xa7/0x100 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.389706] mlx5e_tc_tun_encap_dests_unset+0x61/0xb0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.390361] mlx5_free_flow_attr_actions+0x11e/0x340 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.391015] ? complete_all+0x43/0xd0 [ 2453.391398] ? free_flow_post_acts+0x38/0x120 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.392004] mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_flow+0x4ae/0x690 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.392618] mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_peers_flow+0x308/0x370 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.393276] mlx5e_tc_clean_fdb_peer_flows+0xf5/0x140 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.393925] mlx5_esw_offloads_unpair+0x86/0x540 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.394546] ? mlx5_esw_offloads_set_ns_peer.isra.0+0x180/0x180 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.395268] ? down_write+0xaa/0x100 [ 2453.395652] mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_event+0x203/0x530 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.396317] mlx5_devcom_send_event+0xbb/0x190 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.396917] mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_cleanup+0xb0/0xd0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.397582] mlx5e_tc_esw_cleanup+0x42/0x120 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.398182] mlx5e_rep_tc_cleanup+0x15/0x30 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.398768] mlx5e_cleanup_rep_tx+0x6c/0x80 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.399367] mlx5e_detach_netdev+0xee/0x120 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.399957] mlx5e_netdev_change_profile+0x84/0x170 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.400598] mlx5e_vport_rep_unload+0xe0/0xf0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.403781] mlx5_eswitch_unregister_vport_reps+0x15e/0x190 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.404479] ? mlx5_eswitch_register_vport_reps+0x200/0x200 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.405170] ? up_write+0x39/0x60 [ 2453.405529] ? kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0xb7/0xe0 [ 2453.405985] auxiliary_bus_remove+0x2e/0x40 [ 2453.406405] device_release_driver_internal+0x243/0x2d0 [ 2453.406900] ? kobject_put+0x42/0x2d0 [ 2453.407284] bus_remove_device+0x128/0x1d0 [ 2453.407687] device_del+0x240/0x550 [ 2453.408053] ? waiting_for_supplier_show+0xe0/0xe0 [ 2453.408511] ? kobject_put+0xfa/0x2d0 [ 2453.408889] ? __kmem_cache_free+0x14d/0x280 [ 2453.409310] mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked.part.0+0xcd/0x2b0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.409973] mlx5_unregister_device+0x40/0x50 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.410561] mlx5_uninit_one+0x3d/0x110 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.411111] remove_one+0x89/0x130 [mlx5_core] [ 24 ---truncated---
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-54148 is rated Low Risk (6.3/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.02% | 0.17% | +0.15% |
| 2 | 2025-12-25 | — | 0.02% | — |
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| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2023-54148 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-54148 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54148 |
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54148/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2023-54148 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 173, not-affected 139, released 83. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-54148 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| No affected products in dataset. | |||