linux-cve-announce - CVE-2023-54074: net/mlx5e: Use correct encap attribute during invalidation

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Message-ID: <2025122432-CVE-2023-54074-cf89@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:27:07 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: linux-cve-announce@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...nel.org>
Subject: CVE-2023-54074: net/mlx5e: Use correct encap attribute during invalidation

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...nel.org>

Description
===========

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

net/mlx5e: Use correct encap attribute during invalidation

With introduction of post action infrastructure most of the users of encap
attribute had been modified in order to obtain the correct attribute by
calling mlx5e_tc_get_encap_attr() helper instead of assuming encap action
is always on default attribute. However, the cited commit didn't modify
mlx5e_invalidate_encap() which prevents it from destroying correct modify
header action which leads to a warning [0]. Fix the issue by using correct
attribute.

[0]:

Feb 21 09:47:35 c-237-177-40-045 kernel: WARNING: CPU: 17 PID: 654 at drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c:684 mlx5e_tc_attach_mod_hdr+0x1cc/0x230 [mlx5_core]
Feb 21 09:47:35 c-237-177-40-045 kernel: RIP: 0010:mlx5e_tc_attach_mod_hdr+0x1cc/0x230 [mlx5_core]
Feb 21 09:47:35 c-237-177-40-045 kernel: Call Trace:
Feb 21 09:47:35 c-237-177-40-045 kernel:  <TASK>
Feb 21 09:47:35 c-237-177-40-045 kernel:  mlx5e_tc_fib_event_work+0x8e3/0x1f60 [mlx5_core]
Feb 21 09:47:35 c-237-177-40-045 kernel:  ? mlx5e_take_all_encap_flows+0xe0/0xe0 [mlx5_core]
Feb 21 09:47:35 c-237-177-40-045 kernel:  ? lock_downgrade+0x6d0/0x6d0
Feb 21 09:47:35 c-237-177-40-045 kernel:  ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x273/0x3f0
Feb 21 09:47:35 c-237-177-40-045 kernel:  ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x273/0x3f0
Feb 21 09:47:35 c-237-177-40-045 kernel:  process_one_work+0x7c2/0x1310
Feb 21 09:47:35 c-237-177-40-045 kernel:  ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x3f0/0x3f0
Feb 21 09:47:35 c-237-177-40-045 kernel:  ? pwq_dec_nr_in_flight+0x230/0x230
Feb 21 09:47:35 c-237-177-40-045 kernel:  ? rwlock_bug.part.0+0x90/0x90
Feb 21 09:47:35 c-237-177-40-045 kernel:  worker_thread+0x59d/0xec0
Feb 21 09:47:35 c-237-177-40-045 kernel:  ? __kthread_parkme+0xd9/0x1d0

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2023-54074 to this issue.


Affected and fixed versions
===========================

	Issue introduced in 5.18 with commit 8300f225268be9ee2c0daf5a3f23929fcdcbf213 and fixed in 6.1.31 with commit 00959a1bad58e4b6c14a2729f84d354255073609
	Issue introduced in 5.18 with commit 8300f225268be9ee2c0daf5a3f23929fcdcbf213 and fixed in 6.3.5 with commit b8b4292fdd8818ab43b943b6717811651f51e39f
	Issue introduced in 5.18 with commit 8300f225268be9ee2c0daf5a3f23929fcdcbf213 and fixed in 6.4 with commit be071cdb167fc3e25fe81922166b3d499d23e8ac

Please see https://www.kernel.org for a full list of currently supported
kernel versions by the kernel community.

Unaffected versions might change over time as fixes are backported to
older supported kernel versions.  The official CVE entry at
	https://cve.org/CVERecord/?id=CVE-2023-54074
will be updated if fixes are backported, please check that for the most
up to date information about this issue.


Affected files
==============

The file(s) affected by this issue are:
	drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun_encap.c


Mitigation
==========

The Linux kernel CVE team recommends that you update to the latest
stable kernel version for this, and many other bugfixes.  Individual
changes are never tested alone, but rather are part of a larger kernel
release.  Cherry-picking individual commits is not recommended or
supported by the Linux kernel community at all.  If however, updating to
the latest release is impossible, the individual changes to resolve this
issue can be found at these commits:
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00959a1bad58e4b6c14a2729f84d354255073609
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8b4292fdd8818ab43b943b6717811651f51e39f
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be071cdb167fc3e25fe81922166b3d499d23e8ac