CVE-2023-53539

RDMA/rxe: Fix incomplete state save in rxe_requester

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 4, 2025 at 03:16 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Fix incomplete state save in rxe_requester If a send packet is dropped by the IP layer in rxe_requester() the call to rxe_xmit_packet() can fail with err == -EAGAIN. To recover, the state of the wqe is restored to the state before the packet was sent so it can be resent. However, the routines that save and restore the state miss a significnt part of the variable state in the wqe, the dma struct which is used to process through the sge table. And, the state is not saved before the packet is built which modifies the dma struct. Under heavy stress testing with many QPs on a fast node sending large messages to a slow node dropped packets are observed and the resent packets are corrupted because the dma struct was not restored. This patch fixes this behavior and allows the test cases to succeed.

Affected

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

4.8 ≤ v < 6.1.534.8 ≤ v < 6.4.164.8 ≤ v < 6.5.34.8 ≤ v < 6.64.8.1 ≤ v < 6.1.536.2 ≤ v < 6.4.166.5 ≤ v < 6.5.33050b99850247695cb07a5c15265afcc08bcf4004.84.8 rc74.8 rc8
Vendor states this is fixed in 255c0e60e1d16874fc151358d94bc8df661600dd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2f2a6422287fe29f9343247d77b645100ece0652 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5d122db2ff80cd2aed4dcd630befb56b51ddf947 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 70518f3aaf5a059b691867d7d2d46b999319656a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.5.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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