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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2023-53022" idYear: 2023 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-03-27T16:43:48.513Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T19:37:05.678Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53022" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53022.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53022" title: "net: enetc: avoid deadlock in enetc_tx_onestep_tstamp()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: enetc: avoid deadlock in enetc_tx_onestep_tstamp()\n\nThis lockdep splat says it better than I could:\n\n================================\nWARNING: inconsistent lock state\n6.2.0-rc2-07010-ga9b9500ffaac-dirty #967 Not tainted\n--------------------------------\ninconsistent {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} -\u003e {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} usage.\nkworker/1:3/179 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes:\nffff3ec4036ce098 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.?.}-{3:3}, at: netif_freeze_queues+0x5c/0xc0\n{IN-SOFTIRQ-W} state was registered at:\n _raw_spin_lock+0x5c/0xc0\n sch_direct_xmit+0x148/0x37c\n __dev_queue_xmit+0x528/0x111c\n ip6_finish_output2+0x5ec/0xb7c\n ip6_finish_output+0x240/0x3f0\n ip6_output+0x78/0x360\n ndisc_send_skb+0x33c/0x85c\n ndisc_send_rs+0x54/0x12c\n addrconf_rs_timer+0x154/0x260\n call_timer_fn+0xb8/0x3a0\n __run_timers.part.0+0x214/0x26c\n run_timer_softirq+0x3c/0x74\n __do_softirq+0x14c/0x5d8\n ____do_softirq+0x10/0x20\n call_on_irq_stack+0x2c/0x5c\n do_softirq_own_stack+0x1c/0x30\n __irq_exit_rcu+0x168/0x1a0\n irq_exit_rcu+0x10/0x40\n el1_interrupt+0x38/0x64\nirq event stamp: 7825\nhardirqs last enabled at (7825): [\u003cffffdf1f7200cae4\u003e] exit_to_kernel_mode+0x34/0x130\nhardirqs last disabled at (7823): [\u003cffffdf1f708105f0\u003e] __do_softirq+0x550/0x5d8\nsoftirqs last enabled at (7824): [\u003cffffdf1f7081050c\u003e] __do_softirq+0x46c/0x5d8\nsoftirqs last disabled at (7811): [\u003cffffdf1f708166e0\u003e] ____do_softirq+0x10/0x20\n\nother info that might help us debug this:\n Possible unsafe locking scenario:\n\n CPU0\n ----\n lock(_xmit_ETHER#2);\n \u003cInterrupt\u003e\n lock(_xmit_ETHER#2);\n\n *** DEADLOCK ***\n\n3 locks held by kworker/1:3/179:\n #0: ffff3ec400004748 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1f4/0x6c0\n #1: ffff80000a0bbdc8 ((work_completion)(&priv-\u003etx_onestep_tstamp)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1f4/0x6c0\n #2: ffff3ec4036cd438 (&dev-\u003etx_global_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: netif_tx_lock+0x1c/0x34\n\nWorkqueue: events enetc_tx_onestep_tstamp\nCall trace:\n print_usage_bug.part.0+0x208/0x22c\n mark_lock+0x7f0/0x8b0\n __lock_acquire+0x7c4/0x1ce0\n lock_acquire.part.0+0xe0/0x220\n lock_acquire+0x68/0x84\n _raw_spin_lock+0x5c/0xc0\n netif_freeze_queues+0x5c/0xc0\n netif_tx_lock+0x24/0x34\n enetc_tx_onestep_tstamp+0x20/0x100\n process_one_work+0x28c/0x6c0\n worker_thread+0x74/0x450\n kthread+0x118/0x11c\n\nbut I'll say it anyway: the enetc_tx_onestep_tstamp() work item runs in\nprocess context, therefore with softirqs enabled (i.o.w., it can be\ninterrupted by a softirq). If we hold the netif_tx_lock() when there is\nan interrupt, and the NET_TX softirq then gets scheduled, this will take\nthe netif_tx_lock() a second time and deadlock the kernel.\n\nTo solve this, use netif_tx_lock_bh(), which blocks softirqs from\nrunning." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"7294380c5211687aa4d66166984b152ee84caf5f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8232e5a84d25a84a5cbda0f241a00793fb6eb608"},{"version":"7294380c5211687aa4d66166984b152ee84caf5f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e893dced1a18e77b1262f5c10169413f0ece0da7"},{"version":"7294380c5211687aa4d66166984b152ee84caf5f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3c463721a73bdb57a913e0d3124677a3758886fc"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.13","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.13"},{"version":"5.15.91","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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