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ghsa-4r9g-c2fj-783p

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-09-18 18:30

Modified

2025-09-18 18:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ice: Block switchdev mode when ADQ is active and vice versa

ADQ and switchdev are not supported simultaneously. Enabling both at the same time can result in nullptr dereference.

To prevent this, check if ADQ is active when changing devlink mode to switchdev mode, and check if switchdev is active when enabling ADQ.

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  "id": "GHSA-4r9g-c2fj-783p",
  "modified": "2025-09-18T18:30:28Z",
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CVE-2023-53442 (GCVE-0-2023-53442)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-09-18 16:04

Modified

2025-09-18 16:04

Severity ?

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: Block switchdev mode when ADQ is active and vice versa ADQ and switchdev are not supported simultaneously. Enabling both at the same time can result in nullptr dereference. To prevent this, check if ADQ is active when changing devlink mode to switchdev mode, and check if switchdev is active when enabling ADQ.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c82d1b736ce85e77fd4da05eca6f1f4a52a2bc3
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24f0d69da35d812b3a1104918014a29627140cb1
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43d00e102d9ecbe2635d7e3f2e14d2e90183d6af

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

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Linux

Version: fbc7b27af0f9fb181811424e29caf6825594a841
Version: fbc7b27af0f9fb181811424e29caf6825594a841
Version: fbc7b27af0f9fb181811424e29caf6825594a841

Linux

Version: 5.16

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