CVE-2023-54148

/// Technical description

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: KASA

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

/// References