CVE-2023-54148

Local crash via premature representor neighbor cleanup

Published Dec 24, 2025 · Updated Dec 24, 2025

Use-after-free in Linux kernel mlx5e 6.1.31 through 6.1.44 and 6.3.5 through 6.4.9 allows local users to crash the system. During ECMP tunnel-offload teardown, uplink profile->disable frees peer representor neighbor data before mlx5e_rep_neigh_entry_release reads it while deleting the peer flow. Reachability requires mlx5e ECMP encapsulation across paired eswitches and privileges to unload the driver or otherwise unpair an eswitch.

CVSS severityUnavailable
Unscored
EPSS probability0.19%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Use-after-free in Linux kernel mlx5e 6.1.31 through 6.1.44 and 6.3.5 through 6.4.9 allows local users to crash the system. During ECMP tunnel-offload teardown, uplink profile->disable frees peer representor neighbor data before mlx5e_rep_neigh_entry_release reads it while deleting the peer flow. Reachability requires mlx5e ECMP encapsulation across paired eswitches and privileges to unload the driver or otherwise unpair an eswitch.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-54148
Published
Dec 24, 2025
Updated
Dec 24, 2025
Vendor
The Linux Kernel Organization
Product
Linux
Classifications
Unavailable
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 24, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Dec 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=10cbfecc0f99f579fb170feee866c9efaab7ee47
  2. Affected versionversion=2be5bd42a5bba1a05daedc86cf0e248210009669 <36697c592cd0809e626df01b3644c23ac522a4d0
  3. Affected versionversion=2be5bd42a5bba1a05daedc86cf0e248210009669 <d03b6e6f31820b84f7449cca022047f36c42bc3f
  4. Affected versionversion=6.4
  5. Affected versionversion=b17294e7aa8c39dbb9c3e28e2d1983c88b94b387 <d628ba98eb1637acce44001e04c718d8dbb1f7ce

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

The Linux Kernel Organization · Linuxversion=10cbfecc0f99f579fb170feee866c9efaab7ee47; version=2be5bd42a5bba1a05daedc86cf0e248210009669 <36697c592cd0809e626df01b3644c23ac522a4d0; version=2be5bd42a5bba1a05daedc86cf0e248210009669 <d03b6e6f31820b84f7449cca022047f36c42bc3f; version=6.4; version=b17294e7aa8c39dbb9c3e28e2d1983c88b94b387 <d628ba98eb1637acce44001e04c718d8dbb1f7ce

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

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