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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2023-53060" idYear: 2023 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-05-02T15:55:14.418Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-23T15:27:52.036Z" 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-2023-53060" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53060.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53060" title: "igb: revert rtnl_lock() that causes deadlock" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nigb: revert rtnl_lock() that causes deadlock\n\nThe commit 6faee3d4ee8b (\"igb: Add lock to avoid data race\") adds\nrtnl_lock to eliminate a false data race shown below\n\n (FREE from device detaching) | (USE from netdev core)\nigb_remove | igb_ndo_get_vf_config\n igb_disable_sriov | vf \u003e= adapter-\u003evfs_allocated_count?\n kfree(adapter-\u003evf_data) |\n adapter-\u003evfs_allocated_count = 0 |\n | memcpy(... adapter-\u003evf_data[vf]\n\nThe above race will never happen and the extra rtnl_lock causes deadlock\nbelow\n\n[ 141.420169] \u003cTASK\u003e\n[ 141.420672] __schedule+0x2dd/0x840\n[ 141.421427] schedule+0x50/0xc0\n[ 141.422041] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x11/0x20\n[ 141.422678] __mutex_lock.isra.13+0x431/0x6b0\n[ 141.423324] unregister_netdev+0xe/0x20\n[ 141.423578] igbvf_remove+0x45/0xe0 [igbvf]\n[ 141.423791] pci_device_remove+0x36/0xb0\n[ 141.423990] device_release_driver_internal+0xc1/0x160\n[ 141.424270] pci_stop_bus_device+0x6d/0x90\n[ 141.424507] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0xe/0x20\n[ 141.424789] pci_iov_remove_virtfn+0xba/0x120\n[ 141.425452] sriov_disable+0x2f/0xf0\n[ 141.425679] igb_disable_sriov+0x4e/0x100 [igb]\n[ 141.426353] igb_remove+0xa0/0x130 [igb]\n[ 141.426599] pci_device_remove+0x36/0xb0\n[ 141.426796] device_release_driver_internal+0xc1/0x160\n[ 141.427060] driver_detach+0x44/0x90\n[ 141.427253] bus_remove_driver+0x55/0xe0\n[ 141.427477] pci_unregister_driver+0x2a/0xa0\n[ 141.428296] __x64_sys_delete_module+0x141/0x2b0\n[ 141.429126] ? mntput_no_expire+0x4a/0x240\n[ 141.429363] ? syscall_trace_enter.isra.19+0x126/0x1a0\n[ 141.429653] do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x80\n[ 141.429847] ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x14d/0x1c0\n[ 141.430109] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x30\n[ 141.430849] ? do_syscall_64+0x67/0x80\n[ 141.431083] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x183/0x1b0\n[ 141.431770] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x30\n[ 141.432482] ? do_syscall_64+0x67/0x80\n[ 141.432714] ? exc_page_fault+0x64/0x140\n[ 141.432911] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc\n\nSince the igb_disable_sriov() will call pci_disable_sriov() before\nreleasing any resources, the netdev core will synchronize the cleanup to\navoid any races. This patch removes the useless rtnl_(un)lock to guarantee\ncorrectness." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"5773a1e6e5ba9f62c4573c57878d154fda269bc2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0dabb72b923e17cb3b4ac99ea1adc9ef35116930"},{"version":"2e8a30c1d994d91099fa8762f504b2ac9dce2cf7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7d845e9a485f287181ff81567c3900a8e7ad1e28"},{"version":"55197ba6d64d48f1948e6e1f52482e0e3e38e1bf","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cd1e320ac0958298c2774605ad050483f33a21f2"},{"version":"0f516dcd1456b18b56a7de0c1f67b8a4aa54c2ef","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4d2626e10709ff8474ffd1a9db3cf4647569e89c"},{"version":"8ee44abe4cae06713db33e0a3b1e87bfb95b13ef","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"66e5577cabc3d463eea540332727929d0ace41c6"},{"version":"6faee3d4ee8be0f0367d0c3d826afb3571b7a5e0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"62a64645749926f9d75af82a96440941f22b046f"},{"version":"6faee3d4ee8be0f0367d0c3d826afb3571b7a5e0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"de91528d8ba274c614a2265077d695c61e31fd43"},{"version":"6faee3d4ee8be0f0367d0c3d826afb3571b7a5e0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"65f69851e44d71248b952a687e44759a7abb5016"},{"version":"64c0c233a88591bb23569ae12eed7f74e5bd39ce","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4.14.291","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.14.312"},{"version":"4.19.256","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.19.280"},{"version":"5.4.211","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.4.240"},{"version":"5.10.138","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.10.177"},{"version":"5.15.63","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15.105"},{"version":"5.19.4","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.20"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.0"},{"version":"4.14.312","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.14.*"},{"version":"4.19.280","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.19.*"},{"version":"5.4.240","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.177","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.105","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.22","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.2.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.2.*"},{"version":"6.3","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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