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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2023-53114" idYear: 2023 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-05-02T15:55:53.230Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T19:38:46.943Z" 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-2023-53114" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53114.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53114" title: "i40e: Fix kernel crash during reboot when adapter is in recovery mode" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ni40e: Fix kernel crash during reboot when adapter is in recovery mode\n\nIf the driver detects during probe that firmware is in recovery\nmode then i40e_init_recovery_mode() is called and the rest of\nprobe function is skipped including pci_set_drvdata(). Subsequent\ni40e_shutdown() called during shutdown/reboot dereferences NULL\npointer as pci_get_drvdata() returns NULL.\n\nTo fix call pci_set_drvdata() also during entering to recovery mode.\n\nReproducer:\n1) Lets have i40e NIC with firmware in recovery mode\n2) Run reboot\n\nResult:\n[ 139.084698] i40e: Intel(R) Ethernet Connection XL710 Network Driver\n[ 139.090959] i40e: Copyright (c) 2013 - 2019 Intel Corporation.\n[ 139.108438] i40e 0000:02:00.0: Firmware recovery mode detected. Limiting functionality.\n[ 139.116439] i40e 0000:02:00.0: Refer to the Intel(R) Ethernet Adapters and Devices User Guide for details on firmware recovery mode.\n[ 139.129499] i40e 0000:02:00.0: fw 8.3.64775 api 1.13 nvm 8.30 0x8000b78d 1.3106.0 [8086:1583] [15d9:084a]\n[ 139.215932] i40e 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0f0: renamed from eth0\n[ 139.223292] i40e 0000:02:00.1: Firmware recovery mode detected. Limiting functionality.\n[ 139.231292] i40e 0000:02:00.1: Refer to the Intel(R) Ethernet Adapters and Devices User Guide for details on firmware recovery mode.\n[ 139.244406] i40e 0000:02:00.1: fw 8.3.64775 api 1.13 nvm 8.30 0x8000b78d 1.3106.0 [8086:1583] [15d9:084a]\n[ 139.329209] i40e 0000:02:00.1 enp2s0f1: renamed from eth0\n...\n[ 156.311376] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000006c2\n[ 156.318330] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\n[ 156.323546] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\n[ 156.328679] PGD 0 P4D 0\n[ 156.331210] Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n[ 156.335567] CPU: 26 PID: 15119 Comm: reboot Tainted: G E 6.2.0+ #1\n[ 156.343126] Hardware name: Abacus electric, s.r.o. - servis@abacus.cz Super Server/H12SSW-iN, BIOS 2.4 04/13/2022\n[ 156.353369] RIP: 0010:i40e_shutdown+0x15/0x130 [i40e]\n[ 156.358430] Code: c1 fc ff ff 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 fd 53 48 8b 9f 48 01 00 00 \u003cf0\u003e 80 8b c2 06 00 00 04 f0 80 8b c0 06 00 00 08 48 8d bb 08 08 00\n[ 156.377168] RSP: 0018:ffffb223c8447d90 EFLAGS: 00010282\n[ 156.382384] RAX: ffffffffc073ee70 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000001\n[ 156.389510] RDX: 0000000080000001 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: ffff95db49988000\n[ 156.396634] RBP: ffff95db49988000 R08: ffffffffffffffff R09: ffffffff8bd17d40\n[ 156.403759] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffffff8a5e3d28 R12: ffff95db49988000\n[ 156.410882] R13: ffffffff89a6fe17 R14: ffff95db49988150 R15: 0000000000000000\n[ 156.418007] FS: 00007fe7c0cc3980(0000) GS:ffff95ea8ee80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[ 156.426083] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[ 156.431819] CR2: 00000000000006c2 CR3: 00000003092fc005 CR4: 0000000000770ee0\n[ 156.438944] PKRU: 55555554\n[ 156.441647] Call Trace:\n[ 156.444096] \u003cTASK\u003e\n[ 156.446199] pci_device_shutdown+0x38/0x60\n[ 156.450297] device_shutdown+0x163/0x210\n[ 156.454215] kernel_restart+0x12/0x70\n[ 156.457872] __do_sys_reboot+0x1ab/0x230\n[ 156.461789] ? vfs_writev+0xa6/0x1a0\n[ 156.465362] ? __pfx_file_free_rcu+0x10/0x10\n[ 156.469635] ? __call_rcu_common.constprop.85+0x109/0x5a0\n[ 156.475034] do_syscall_64+0x3e/0x90\n[ 156.478611] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc\n[ 156.483658] RIP: 0033:0x7fe7bff37ab7" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"4ff0ee1af016976acb6a525e68ec9a5a85d7abdc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6e18f66b704bd725196508c1db93bf7338cdc8de"},{"version":"4ff0ee1af016976acb6a525e68ec9a5a85d7abdc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3cbecb1c9085a00155639404f7addbcbfc987ba3"},{"version":"4ff0ee1af016976acb6a525e68ec9a5a85d7abdc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4ff82695266576a0b4f1077a7100b2451e476df4"},{"version":"4ff0ee1af016976acb6a525e68ec9a5a85d7abdc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c703362a66ea971905b9dc153fc54d1b6ac05423"},{"version":"4ff0ee1af016976acb6a525e68ec9a5a85d7abdc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b3826fb3ea14646b3d4e6309bfc384b349f36eb6"},{"version":"4ff0ee1af016976acb6a525e68ec9a5a85d7abdc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7e4f8a0c495413a50413e8c9f1032ce1bc633bae"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.2"},{"version":"5.4.238","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.176","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.104","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.21","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.2.8","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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