CVE-2023-53850

iavf: use internal state to free traffic IRQs

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Published: December 9, 2025 at 01:30 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:46 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iavf: use internal state to free traffic IRQs If the system tries to close the netdev while iavf_reset_task() is running, __LINK_STATE_START will be cleared and netif_running() will return false in iavf_reinit_interrupt_scheme(). This will result in iavf_free_traffic_irqs() not being called and a leak as follows: [7632.489326] remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'irq/999', leaking at least 'iavf-enp24s0f0v0-TxRx-0' [7632.490214] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 10 at fs/proc/generic.c:718 remove_proc_entry+0x19b/0x1b0 is shown when pci_disable_msix() is later called. Fix by using the internal adapter state. The traffic IRQs will always exist if state == __IAVF_RUNNING.

Affected

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

4.15 ≤ v < 6.1.424.15 ≤ v < 6.4.74.15 ≤ v < 6.54.155b36e8d04b4439c9ceb814bfdfe1284737f9c632
Vendor states this is fixed in 5e9db32eec628481f5da97a5b1aedb84a5240d18 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6d9d01689b82ff5cb8f8d2a82717d7997bc0bfff (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a77ed5c5b768e9649be240a2d864e5cd9c6a2015 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.5 (unaffected)

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