CVE-2023-54156
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sfc: fix crash when reading stats while NIC is resetting efx_net_stats() (.ndo_get_stats64) can be called during an ethtool selftest, during which time nic_data->mc_stats is NULL as the NIC has been fini'd. In this case do not attempt to fetch the latest stats from the hardware, else we will crash on a NULL dereference: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000038 RIP efx_nic_update_stats abridged calltrace: efx_ef10_update_stats_pf efx_net_stats dev_get_stats dev_seq_printf_stats Skipping the read is safe, we will simply give out stale stats. To ensure that the free in efx_ef10_fini_nic() does not race against efx_ef10_update_stats_pf(), which could cause a TOCTTOU bug, take the efx->stats_lock in fini_nic (it is already held across update_stats).
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-54156
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54156.html
Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.52-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.191-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.4.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.4.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.4.4-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.