{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-53850","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-12-09T01:27:17.827Z","datePublished":"2025-12-09T01:30:14.740Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:52:43.492Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:52:43.492Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\niavf: use internal state to free traffic IRQs\n\nIf the system tries to close the netdev while iavf_reset_task() is\nrunning, __LINK_STATE_START will be cleared and netif_running() will\nreturn false in iavf_reinit_interrupt_scheme(). This will result in\niavf_free_traffic_irqs() not being called and a leak as follows:\n\n    [7632.489326] remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'irq/999', leaking at least 'iavf-enp24s0f0v0-TxRx-0'\n    [7632.490214] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 10 at fs/proc/generic.c:718 remove_proc_entry+0x19b/0x1b0\n\nis shown when pci_disable_msix() is later called. Fix by using the\ninternal adapter state. The traffic IRQs will always exist if\nstate == __IAVF_RUNNING."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5b36e8d04b4439c9ceb814bfdfe1284737f9c632","lessThan":"6d9d01689b82ff5cb8f8d2a82717d7997bc0bfff","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5b36e8d04b4439c9ceb814bfdfe1284737f9c632","lessThan":"5e9db32eec628481f5da97a5b1aedb84a5240d18","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5b36e8d04b4439c9ceb814bfdfe1284737f9c632","lessThan":"a77ed5c5b768e9649be240a2d864e5cd9c6a2015","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.15","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.42","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.4.7","lessThanOrEqual":"6.4.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.5","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.42"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.4.7"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.5"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d9d01689b82ff5cb8f8d2a82717d7997bc0bfff"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e9db32eec628481f5da97a5b1aedb84a5240d18"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a77ed5c5b768e9649be240a2d864e5cd9c6a2015"}],"title":"iavf: use internal state to free traffic IRQs","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}