CVE-2023-53030

octeontx2-pf: Avoid use of GFP_KERNEL in atomic context

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 27, 2025 at 04:43 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-pf: Avoid use of GFP_KERNEL in atomic context Using GFP_KERNEL in preemption disable context, causing below warning when CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP is enabled. [ 32.542271] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at include/linux/sched/mm.h:274 [ 32.550883] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 1, name: swapper/0 [ 32.558707] preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 [ 32.562710] RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 [ 32.566800] CPU: 3 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 6.2.0-rc2-00269-gae9dcb91c606 #7 [ 32.576188] Hardware name: Marvell CN106XX board (DT) [ 32.581232] Call trace: [ 32.583670] dump_backtrace.part.0+0xe0/0xf0 [ 32.587937] show_stack+0x18/0x30 [ 32.591245] dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84 [ 32.594900] dump_stack+0x18/0x34 [ 32.598206] __might_resched+0x12c/0x160 [ 32.602122] __might_sleep+0x48/0xa0 [ 32.605689] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x2b8/0x2e0 [ 32.610301] __kmalloc+0x58/0x190 [ 32.613610] otx2_sq_aura_pool_init+0x1a8/0x314 [ 32.618134] otx2_open+0x1d4/0x9d0 To avoid use of GFP_ATOMIC for memory allocation, disable preemption after all memory allocation is done.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≥ 6.0.195.15.87 ≤ v < 5.15.916.0.19 ≤ v < 6.16.1.5 ≤ v < 6.1.84af1b64f80fbe1275fb02c5f1c0cef099a4a231f5.15.876.0.196.1.56.2 rc36.2 rc4667ce030bdfb62a86266444b2c3fd6ab98b9df9b6ea5273c71dd2d07c0a2459594eb34bc087939f7b754dc7c933dd9464223f64b10d33d68ab086cc6
Vendor states this is fixed in 1eb57b87f106c90cee6b2a56a10f2e29c7a25f3e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2827c4eb429db64befdca11362e2b1c5f524f6ba (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 87b93b678e95c7d93fe6a55b0e0fbda26d8c7760 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 5.15.91, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.1.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1eb57b87f106c90cee6b2a56a10f2e29c7a25f3e
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2827c4eb429db64befdca11362e2b1c5f524f6ba
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87b93b678e95c7d93fe6a55b0e0fbda26d8c7760

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-667

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