CVE-2023-54223 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2023-54223
Vulnerability Scoring

Analysis In Progress

Attack Complexity Details

Attack Complexity:
Attack Complexity Analysis In Progress
Attack Vector:
Attack Vector Under Analysis
Privileges Required: None
No authentication is required for exploitation.
Scope:
Impact is confined to the initially vulnerable component.
User Interaction: None
No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2023-54223 Details

Status: Awaiting Analysis

Last updated: 🕣 31 Dec 2025, 20:42 UTC
Originally published on: 🕐 30 Dec 2025, 13:16 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 1 days

CVSS Release:

CVE-2023-54223 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-54223: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix invalid buffer access for legacy rq The below crash can be encountered when using xdpsock in rx mode for legacy rq: the buffer gets released in the XDP_REDIRECT path, and then once again in the driver. This fix sets the flag to avoid releasing on the driver side. XSK handling of buffers for legacy rq was relying on the caller to set the skip release flag. But the referenced fix started using fragment counts for pages instead of the skip flag. Crash log: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xffff8881217e3a: 0000 [#1] SMP CPU: 0 PID: 14 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1+ #31 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:bpf_prog_03b13f331978c78c+0xf/0x28 Code: ... RSP: 0018:ffff88810082fc98 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888138404901 RCX: c0ffffc900027cbc RDX: ffffffffa000b514 RSI: 00ffff8881217e32 RDI: ffff888138404901 RBP: ffff88810082fc98 R08: 0000000000091100 R09: 0000000000000006 R10: 0000000000000800 R11: 0000000000000800 R12: ffffc9000027a000 R13: ffff8881217e2dc0 R14: ffff8881217e2910 R15: ffff8881217e2f00 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88852c800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000564cb2e2cde0 CR3: 000000010e603004 CR4: 0000000000370eb0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> ? die_addr+0x32/0x80 ? exc_general_protection+0x192/0x390 ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x22/0x30 ? 0xffffffffa000b514 ? bpf_prog_03b13f331978c78c+0xf/0x28 mlx5e_xdp_handle+0x48/0x670 [mlx5_core] ? dev_gro_receive+0x3b5/0x6e0 mlx5e_xsk_skb_from_cqe_linear+0x6e/0x90 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_handle_rx_cqe+0x55/0x100 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_poll_rx_cq+0x87/0x6e0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_napi_poll+0x45e/0x6b0 [mlx5_core] __napi_poll+0x25/0x1a0 net_rx_action+0x28a/0x300 __do_softirq+0xcd/0x279 ? sort_range+0x20/0x20 run_ksoftirqd+0x1a/0x20 smpboot_thread_fn+0xa2/0x130 kthread+0xc9/0xf0 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 </TASK> Modules linked in: mlx5_ib mlx5_core rpcrdma rdma_ucm ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi ib_umad rdma_cm ib_ipoib iw_cm ib_cm ib_uverbs ib_core xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xt_addrtype iptable_nat nf_nat br_netfilter overlay zram zsmalloc fuse [last unloaded: mlx5_core] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2023-54223

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2023-54223 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2023-54223

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2023-54223.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2023-54223, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2023-54223, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

Confidentiality: None
CVE-2023-54223 does not compromise confidentiality.
Integrity: None
CVE-2023-54223 does not impact data integrity.
Availability: None
CVE-2023-54223 does not affect system availability.

CVE-2023-54223 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

Unknown

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