Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-53148igb: Fix igb_down hung on surprise removal

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igb: Fix igb_down hung on surprise removal In a setup where a Thunderbolt hub connects to Ethernet and a display through USB Type-C, users may experience a hung task timeout when they remove the cable between the PC and the Thunderbolt hub. This is because the igb_down function is called multiple times when the Thunderbolt hub is unplugged. For example, the igb_io_error_detected triggers the first call, and the igb_remove triggers the second call. The second call to igb_down will block at napi_synchronize. Here's the call trace: __schedule+0x3b0/0xddb ? __mod_timer+0x164/0x5d3 schedule+0x44/0xa8 schedule_timeout+0xb2/0x2a4 ? run_local_timers+0x4e/0x4e msleep+0x31/0x38 igb_down+0x12c/0x22a [igb 6615058754948bfde0bf01429257eb59f13030d4] __igb_close+0x6f/0x9c [igb 6615058754948bfde0bf01429257eb59f13030d4] igb_close+0x23/0x2b [igb 6615058754948bfde0bf01429257eb59f13030d4] __dev_close_many+0x95/0xec dev_close_many+0x6e/0x103 unregister_netdevice_many+0x105/0x5b1 unregister_netdevice_queue+0xc2/0x10d unregister_netdev+0x1c/0x23 igb_remove+0xa7/0x11c [igb 6615058754948bfde0bf01429257eb59f13030d4] pci_device_remove+0x3f/0x9c device_release_driver_internal+0xfe/0x1b4 pci_stop_bus_device+0x5b/0x7f pci_stop_bus_device+0x30/0x7f pci_stop_bus_device+0x30/0x7f pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0x12/0x19 pciehp_unconfigure_device+0x76/0xe9 pciehp_disable_slot+0x6e/0x131 pciehp_handle_presence_or_link_change+0x7a/0x3f7 pciehp_ist+0xbe/0x194 irq_thread_fn+0x22/0x4d ? irq_thread+0x1fd/0x1fd irq_thread+0x17b/0x1fd ? irq_forced_thread_fn+0x5f/0x5f kthread+0x142/0x153 ? __irq_get_irqchip_state+0x46/0x46 ? kthread_associate_blkcg+0x71/0x71 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 In this case, igb_io_error_detected detaches the network interface and requests a PCIE slot reset, however, the PCIE reset callback is not being invoked and thus the Ethernet connection breaks down. As the PCIE error in this case is a non-fatal one, requesting a slot reset can be avoided. This patch fixes the task hung issue and preserves Ethernet connection by ignoring non-fatal PCIE errors.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.52-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53148
Debian:13linux6.4.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53148
Debian:14linux6.4.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-88.98UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1049.54UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1051.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1051.59.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1046.54UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1046.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1032.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1042.45UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1045.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1046.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-88.98UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1040.40UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1019.19UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1047.53UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1042.45UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1025.29UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53148

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b – before c2312e1d12b1c3ee4100c173131b102e2aed4d049d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b – before 124e39a734cb90658b8f0dc110847bbfc6e337929d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b – before c9f56f3c7bc908caa772112d3ae71cdd5d18c2579d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b – before 994c2ceb70ea99264ccc6f09e6703ca267dad63c9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b – before fa92c463eba75dcedbd8d689ffdcb83293aaa0c39d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b – before 39695e87d86f0e7d897fba1d2559f825aa20caeb9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b – before 41f63b72a01c0e0ac59ab83fd2d921fcce0f602d9d5c824399dea881779d78a6c147288bf2dccb6b – before 004d25060c78fc31f66da0fa439c544dda1ac9d5
Linux Linux 2.6.25

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