Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 7, 2025· Updated Oct 29, 2025
ice: Don't tx before switchdev is fully configured
CVE-2023-53657
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ice: Don't tx before switchdev is fully configured
There is possibility that ice_eswitch_port_start_xmit might be called while some resources are still not allocated which might cause NULL pointer dereference. Fix this by checking if switchdev configuration was finished.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 5.16
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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