{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2023-54257", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-12-30T12:06:44.516Z", "datePublished": "2025-12-30T12:15:52.186Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-12-30T12:15:52.186Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2025-12-30T12:15:52.186Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: macb: fix a memory corruption in extended buffer descriptor mode\n\nFor quite some time we were chasing a bug which looked like a sudden\npermanent failure of networking and mmc on some of our devices.\nThe bug was very sensitive to any software changes and even more to\nany kernel debug options.\n\nFinally we got a setup where the problem was reproducible with\nCONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG=y and it revealed the issue with the rx dma:\n\n[ 16.992082] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[ 16.996779] DMA-API: macb ff0b0000.ethernet: device driver tries to free DMA memory it has not allocated [device address=0x0000000875e3e244] [size=1536 bytes]\n[ 17.011049] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 85 at kernel/dma/debug.c:1011 check_unmap+0x6a0/0x900\n[ 17.018977] Modules linked in: xxxxx\n[ 17.038823] CPU: 0 PID: 85 Comm: irq/55-8000f000 Not tainted 5.4.0 #28\n[ 17.045345] Hardware name: xxxxx\n[ 17.049528] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO)\n[ 17.054322] pc : check_unmap+0x6a0/0x900\n[ 17.058243] lr : check_unmap+0x6a0/0x900\n[ 17.062163] sp : ffffffc010003c40\n[ 17.065470] x29: ffffffc010003c40 x28: 000000004000c03c\n[ 17.070783] x27: ffffffc010da7048 x26: ffffff8878e38800\n[ 17.076095] x25: ffffff8879d22810 x24: ffffffc010003cc8\n[ 17.081407] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffffffc010a08750\n[ 17.086719] x21: ffffff8878e3c7c0 x20: ffffffc010acb000\n[ 17.092032] x19: 0000000875e3e244 x18: 0000000000000010\n[ 17.097343] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000\n[ 17.102647] x15: ffffff8879e4a988 x14: 0720072007200720\n[ 17.107959] x13: 0720072007200720 x12: 0720072007200720\n[ 17.113261] x11: 0720072007200720 x10: 0720072007200720\n[ 17.118565] x9 : 0720072007200720 x8 : 000000000000022d\n[ 17.123869] x7 : 0000000000000015 x6 : 0000000000000098\n[ 17.129173] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000\n[ 17.134475] x3 : 00000000ffffffff x2 : ffffffc010a1d370\n[ 17.139778] x1 : b420c9d75d27bb00 x0 : 0000000000000000\n[ 17.145082] Call trace:\n[ 17.147524] check_unmap+0x6a0/0x900\n[ 17.151091] debug_dma_unmap_page+0x88/0x90\n[ 17.155266] gem_rx+0x114/0x2f0\n[ 17.158396] macb_poll+0x58/0x100\n[ 17.161705] net_rx_action+0x118/0x400\n[ 17.165445] __do_softirq+0x138/0x36c\n[ 17.169100] irq_exit+0x98/0xc0\n[ 17.172234] __handle_domain_irq+0x64/0xc0\n[ 17.176320] gic_handle_irq+0x5c/0xc0\n[ 17.179974] el1_irq+0xb8/0x140\n[ 17.183109] xiic_process+0x5c/0xe30\n[ 17.186677] irq_thread_fn+0x28/0x90\n[ 17.190244] irq_thread+0x208/0x2a0\n[ 17.193724] kthread+0x130/0x140\n[ 17.196945] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n[ 17.200510] ---[ end trace 7240980785f81d6f ]---\n\n[ 237.021490] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[ 237.026129] DMA-API: exceeded 7 overlapping mappings of cacheline 0x0000000021d79e7b\n[ 237.033886] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at kernel/dma/debug.c:499 add_dma_entry+0x214/0x240\n[ 237.041802] Modules linked in: xxxxx\n[ 237.061637] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 5.4.0 #28\n[ 237.068941] Hardware name: xxxxx\n[ 237.073116] pstate: 80000085 (Nzcv daIf -PAN -UAO)\n[ 237.077900] pc : add_dma_entry+0x214/0x240\n[ 237.081986] lr : add_dma_entry+0x214/0x240\n[ 237.086072] sp : ffffffc010003c30\n[ 237.089379] x29: ffffffc010003c30 x28: ffffff8878a0be00\n[ 237.094683] x27: 0000000000000180 x26: ffffff8878e387c0\n[ 237.099987] x25: 0000000000000002 x24: 0000000000000000\n[ 237.105290] x23: 000000000000003b x22: ffffffc010a0fa00\n[ 237.110594] x21: 0000000021d79e7b x20: ffffffc010abe600\n[ 237.115897] x19: 00000000ffffffef x18: 0000000000000010\n[ 237.121201] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000\n[ 237.126504] x15: ffffffc010a0fdc8 x14: 0720072007200720\n[ 237.131807] x13: 0720072007200720 x12: 0720072007200720\n[ 237.137111] x11: 0720072007200720 x10: 0720072007200720\n[ 237.142415] x9 : 0720072007200720 x8 : 0000000000000259\n[ 237.147718] x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000000\n[ 237.15302\n---truncated---"}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c"], "versions": [{"version": "7b4296148066f19b5960127ba579e358df501c22", "lessThan": "dd7a49a3eaf723a01b2fdf153f98450a82b0b0fe", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "7b4296148066f19b5960127ba579e358df501c22", "lessThan": "82e626af24683e01211abe66cec27a387f8f17c9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "7b4296148066f19b5960127ba579e358df501c22", "lessThan": "7169d1638824c4bf7e0fe0baad381ddec861fa70", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "7b4296148066f19b5960127ba579e358df501c22", "lessThan": "1bec9da233f779e7b6954ee07ad7e6d8f2a4dd83", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "7b4296148066f19b5960127ba579e358df501c22", "lessThan": "7ccc58a1a75601c936069d4a0741940623990ade", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "7b4296148066f19b5960127ba579e358df501c22", "lessThan": "9412a9bf5952cdf5d0f736cc1e8c68fd366c2d47", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "7b4296148066f19b5960127ba579e358df501c22", "lessThan": "5dcf3a6843d0d7cc76960fbe8511d425f217744c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "7b4296148066f19b5960127ba579e358df501c22", "lessThan": "e8b74453555872851bdd7ea43a7c0ec39659834f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", 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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: macb: fix a memory corruption in extended buffer descriptor mode\n\nFor quite some time we were chasing a bug which looked like a sudden\npermanent failure of networking and mmc on some of our devices.\nThe bug was very sensitive to any software changes and even more to\nany kernel debug options.\n\nFinally we got a setup where the problem was reproducible with\nCONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG=y and it revealed the issue with the rx dma:\n\n[ 16.992082] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[ 16.996779] DMA-API: macb ff0b0000.ethernet: device driver tries to free DMA memory it has not allocated [device address=0x0000000875e3e244] [size=1536 bytes]\n[ 17.011049] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 85 at kernel/dma/debug.c:1011 check_unmap+0x6a0/0x900\n[ 17.018977] Modules linked in: xxxxx\n[ 17.038823] CPU: 0 PID: 85 Comm: irq/55-8000f000 Not tainted 5.4.0 #28\n[ 17.045345] Hardware name: xxxxx\n[ 17.049528] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO)\n[ 17.054322] pc : check_unmap+0x6a0/0x900\n[ 17.058243] lr : check_unmap+0x6a0/0x900\n[ 17.062163] sp : ffffffc010003c40\n[ 17.065470] x29: ffffffc010003c40 x28: 000000004000c03c\n[ 17.070783] x27: ffffffc010da7048 x26: ffffff8878e38800\n[ 17.076095] x25: ffffff8879d22810 x24: ffffffc010003cc8\n[ 17.081407] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffffffc010a08750\n[ 17.086719] x21: ffffff8878e3c7c0 x20: ffffffc010acb000\n[ 17.092032] x19: 0000000875e3e244 x18: 0000000000000010\n[ 17.097343] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000\n[ 17.102647] x15: ffffff8879e4a988 x14: 0720072007200720\n[ 17.107959] x13: 0720072007200720 x12: 0720072007200720\n[ 17.113261] x11: 0720072007200720 x10: 0720072007200720\n[ 17.118565] x9 : 0720072007200720 x8 : 000000000000022d\n[ 17.123869] x7 : 0000000000000015 x6 : 0000000000000098\n[ 17.129173] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000\n[ 17.134475] x3 : 00000000ffffffff x2 : ffffffc010a1d370\n[ 17.139778] x1 : b420c9d75d27bb00 x0 : 0000000000000000\n[ 17.145082] Call trace:\n[ 17.147524] check_unmap+0x6a0/0x900\n[ 17.151091] debug_dma_unmap_page+0x88/0x90\n[ 17.155266] gem_rx+0x114/0x2f0\n[ 17.158396] macb_poll+0x58/0x100\n[ 17.161705] net_rx_action+0x118/0x400\n[ 17.165445] __do_softirq+0x138/0x36c\n[ 17.169100] irq_exit+0x98/0xc0\n[ 17.172234] __handle_domain_irq+0x64/0xc0\n[ 17.176320] gic_handle_irq+0x5c/0xc0\n[ 17.179974] el1_irq+0xb8/0x140\n[ 17.183109] xiic_process+0x5c/0xe30\n[ 17.186677] irq_thread_fn+0x28/0x90\n[ 17.190244] irq_thread+0x208/0x2a0\n[ 17.193724] kthread+0x130/0x140\n[ 17.196945] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n[ 17.200510] ---[ end trace 7240980785f81d6f ]---\n\n[ 237.021490] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[ 237.026129] DMA-API: exceeded 7 overlapping mappings of cacheline 0x0000000021d79e7b\n[ 237.033886] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at kernel/dma/debug.c:499 add_dma_entry+0x214/0x240\n[ 237.041802] Modules linked in: xxxxx\n[ 237.061637] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 5.4.0 #28\n[ 237.068941] Hardware name: xxxxx\n[ 237.073116] pstate: 80000085 (Nzcv daIf -PAN -UAO)\n[ 237.077900] pc : add_dma_entry+0x214/0x240\n[ 237.081986] lr : add_dma_entry+0x214/0x240\n[ 237.086072] sp : ffffffc010003c30\n[ 237.089379] x29: ffffffc010003c30 x28: ffffff8878a0be00\n[ 237.094683] x27: 0000000000000180 x26: ffffff8878e387c0\n[ 237.099987] x25: 0000000000000002 x24: 0000000000000000\n[ 237.105290] x23: 000000000000003b x22: ffffffc010a0fa00\n[ 237.110594] x21: 0000000021d79e7b x20: ffffffc010abe600\n[ 237.115897] x19: 00000000ffffffef x18: 0000000000000010\n[ 237.121201] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000\n[ 237.126504] x15: ffffffc010a0fdc8 x14: 0720072007200720\n[ 237.131807] x13: 0720072007200720 x12: 0720072007200720\n[ 237.137111] x11: 0720072007200720 x10: 0720072007200720\n[ 237.142415] x9 : 0720072007200720 x8 : 0000000000000259\n[ 237.147718] x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000000\n[ 237.15302\n---truncated---"}], "id": "CVE-2023-54257", "lastModified": "2025-12-30T13:16:14.443", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-12-30T13:16:14.443", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bec9da233f779e7b6954ee07ad7e6d8f2a4dd83"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dcf3a6843d0d7cc76960fbe8511d425f217744c"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7169d1638824c4bf7e0fe0baad381ddec861fa70"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ccc58a1a75601c936069d4a0741940623990ade"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82e626af24683e01211abe66cec27a387f8f17c9"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9412a9bf5952cdf5d0f736cc1e8c68fd366c2d47"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd7a49a3eaf723a01b2fdf153f98450a82b0b0fe"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8b74453555872851bdd7ea43a7c0ec39659834f"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

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