CVE-2023-53528
RDMA/rxe: Fix unsafe drain work queue code
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Fix unsafe drain work queue code If create_qp does not fully succeed it is possible for qp cleanup code to attempt to drain the send or recv work queues before the queues have been created causing a seg fault. This patch checks to see if the queues exist before attempting to drain them.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 13 months later
· 13 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.15% · top 96% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 49dc9c1f0c7e396654a31a480328fffd902fa494 – < da572f6313aeead1f79e0810666bd8d8ffc794d4
- affected 49dc9c1f0c7e396654a31a480328fffd902fa494 – < d366642b3099bd322375f5b71ba84ab1d586cd6d
- affected 49dc9c1f0c7e396654a31a480328fffd902fa494 – < 5993b75d0bc71cd2b441d174b028fc36180f032c
- affected 6.4
- unaffected < 6.4
- unaffected 6.4.16 – ≤ 6.4.*
- unaffected 6.5.3 – ≤ 6.5.*
- unaffected 6.6 – ≤ *
References (3)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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