CVE-2023-53595

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53595
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53595.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53595
Downstream
Published
2025-10-04T15:44:08.261Z
Modified
2026-02-20T13:31:11.548025Z
Summary
octeontx2-pf: mcs: Fix NULL pointer dereferences
Details

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

octeontx2-pf: mcs: Fix NULL pointer dereferences

When system is rebooted after creating macsec interface below NULL pointer dereference crashes occurred. This patch fixes those crashes by using correct order of teardown

[ 3324.406942] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 [ 3324.415726] Mem abort info: [ 3324.418510] ESR = 0x96000006 [ 3324.421557] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 3324.426865] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 3324.429913] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 3324.433047] Data abort info: [ 3324.435921] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006 [ 3324.439748] CM = 0, WnR = 0 .... [ 3324.575915] Call trace: [ 3324.578353] cn10kmdodelsecy+0x24/0x180 [ 3324.582440] macseccommondellink+0xec/0x120 [ 3324.586788] macsecnotify+0x17c/0x1c0 [ 3324.590529] rawnotifiercallchain+0x50/0x70 [ 3324.594965] callnetdevicenotifiersinfo+0x34/0x7c [ 3324.599921] rollbackregisteredmany+0x354/0x5bc [ 3324.604616] unregisternetdevicequeue+0x88/0x10c [ 3324.609399] unregisternetdev+0x20/0x30 [ 3324.613313] otx2remove+0x8c/0x310 [ 3324.616794] pcideviceshutdown+0x30/0x70 [ 3324.620882] device_shutdown+0x11c/0x204

[ 966.664930] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 [ 966.673712] Mem abort info: [ 966.676497] ESR = 0x96000006 [ 966.679543] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 966.684848] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 966.687895] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 966.691028] Data abort info: [ 966.693900] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006 [ 966.697729] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 966.833467] Call trace: [ 966.835904] cn10kmdostop+0x20/0xa0 [ 966.839557] macsecdevstop+0xe8/0x11c [ 966.843384] _devclosemany+0xbc/0x140 [ 966.847298] devclosemany+0x84/0x120 [ 966.851039] rollbackregisteredmany+0x114/0x5bc [ 966.855735] unregisternetdevicemany.part.0+0x14/0xa0 [ 966.860952] unregisternetdevicemany+0x18/0x24 [ 966.865560] macsecnotify+0x1ac/0x1c0 [ 966.869303] rawnotifiercallchain+0x50/0x70 [ 966.873738] callnetdevicenotifiersinfo+0x34/0x7c [ 966.878694] rollbackregisteredmany+0x354/0x5bc [ 966.883390] unregisternetdevicequeue+0x88/0x10c [ 966.888173] unregisternetdev+0x20/0x30 [ 966.892090] otx2remove+0x8c/0x310 [ 966.895571] pcideviceshutdown+0x30/0x70 [ 966.899660] deviceshutdown+0x11c/0x204 [ 966.903574] _dosysreboot+0x208/0x290 [ 966.907487] _arm64sysreboot+0x20/0x30 [ 966.911489] el0svchandler+0x80/0x1c0 [ 966.915316] el0svc+0x8/0x180 [ 966.918362] Code: f9400000 f9400a64 91220014 f94b3403 (f9400060) [ 966.924448] ---[ end trace 341778e799c3d8d7 ]---

Database specific 
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References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
c54ffc73601c0a239e55911923a6e23a2a74f143
Fixed
a3dcc45eca017fca82ac47dbde6f41af960657e5
Fixed
1152c0f947b76e7731e039185cbd00fdb4389f00
Fixed
13ff119b17e5e2916435ce01a0156c8698ad9e16
Fixed
699af748c61574125d269db260dabbe20436d74e

Affected versions

v6.*
v6.0
v6.1
v6.1-rc1
v6.1-rc2
v6.1-rc3
v6.1-rc4
v6.1-rc5
v6.1-rc6
v6.1-rc7
v6.1-rc8
v6.1.1
v6.1.10
v6.1.11
v6.1.12
v6.1.13
v6.1.14
v6.1.15
v6.1.16
v6.1.17
v6.1.18
v6.1.19
v6.1.2
v6.1.20
v6.1.21
v6.1.22
v6.1.23
v6.1.24
v6.1.25
v6.1.26
v6.1.27
v6.1.28
v6.1.3
v6.1.4
v6.1.5
v6.1.6
v6.1.7
v6.1.8
v6.1.9
v6.2
v6.2-rc1
v6.2-rc2
v6.2-rc3
v6.2-rc4
v6.2-rc5
v6.2-rc6
v6.2-rc7
v6.2-rc8
v6.2.1
v6.2.10
v6.2.11
v6.2.12
v6.2.13
v6.2.14
v6.2.15
v6.2.2
v6.2.3
v6.2.4
v6.2.5
v6.2.6
v6.2.7
v6.2.8
v6.2.9
v6.3
v6.3-rc1
v6.3-rc2
v6.3-rc3
v6.3-rc4
v6.3-rc5
v6.3-rc6
v6.3-rc7
v6.3.1
v6.3.2

Database specific

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source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53595.json"

Git / github.com/gregkh/linux

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/gregkh/linux
Events
Introduced
457391b0380335d5e9a5babdec90ac53928b23b4
Fixed
170014a900a54d2c44ba6aacd3acda1733018c69
Introduced
830b3c68c1fb1e9176028d02ef86f3cf76aa2476
Fixed
fa74641fb6b93a19ccb50579886ecc98320230f9
Introduced
c9c3395d5e3dcc6daee66c6908354d47bf98cb0c
Fixed
46df6964c1a9eb72027710f626cb1c6bfb5d58c9

Affected versions

v6.*
v6.1
v6.1.1
v6.1.10
v6.1.11
v6.1.12
v6.1.13
v6.1.14
v6.1.15
v6.1.16
v6.1.17
v6.1.18
v6.1.19
v6.1.2
v6.1.20
v6.1.21
v6.1.22
v6.1.23
v6.1.24
v6.1.25
v6.1.26
v6.1.27
v6.1.28
v6.1.3
v6.1.4
v6.1.5
v6.1.6
v6.1.7
v6.1.8
v6.1.9
v6.2
v6.2-rc1
v6.2-rc2
v6.2-rc3
v6.2-rc4
v6.2-rc5
v6.2-rc6
v6.2-rc7
v6.2-rc8
v6.2.1
v6.2.10
v6.2.11
v6.2.12
v6.2.13
v6.2.14
v6.2.15
v6.2.2
v6.2.3
v6.2.4
v6.2.5
v6.2.6
v6.2.7
v6.2.8
v6.2.9
v6.3
v6.3.1
v6.3.2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53595.json"