CVE-2023-54012

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix stack overflow when LRO is disabled for...

CVE-2023-54012 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2023-228, released June 21, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0017
6th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix stack overflow when LRO is disabled for virtual interfaces When the virtual interface's feature is updated, it synchronizes the updated feature for its own lower interface. This propagation logic should be worked as the iteration, not recursively. But it works recursively due to the netdev notification unexpectedly. This problem occurs when it disables LRO only for the team and bonding interface type. team0 | +------+------+-----+-----+ | | | | | team1 team2 team3 ... team200 If team0's LRO feature is updated, it generates the NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE event to its own lower interfaces(team1 ~ team200). It is worked by netdev_sync_lower_features(). So, the NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE notification logic of each lower interface work iteratively. But generated NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE event is also sent to the upper interface too. upper interface(team0) generates the NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE event for its own lower interfaces again. lower and upper interfaces receive this event and generate this event again and again. So, the stack overflow occurs. But it is not the infinite loop issue. Because the netdev_sync_lower_features() updates features before generating the NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE event. Already synchronized lower interfaces skip notification logic. So, it is just the problem that iteration logic is changed to the recursive unexpectedly due to the notification mechanism. Reproducer: ip link add team0 type team ethtool -K team0 lro on for i in {1..200} do ip link add team$i master team0 type team ethtool -K team$i lro on done ethtool -K team0 lro off In order to fix it, the notifier_ctx member of bonding/team is introduced.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
bpftool-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
kernel · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
kernel-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
kernel-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
kernel-headers · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
kernel-libbpf · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
kernel-libbpf-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
kernel-libbpf-static · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
kernel-livepatch-6.1.34-56.100 · amzn 2023 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
kernel-tools · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
kernel-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
kernel-tools-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.37-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54012 Dec 24, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.3.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54012 Dec 24, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.3.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54012 Dec 24, 2025
perf · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
python3-perf · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023
python3-perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.34-56.100.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-228 Jun 21, 2023

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