Vulnerability · Published Oct 4, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-53539RDMA/rxe: Fix incomplete state save in rxe_requester

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 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Fix incomplete state save in rxe_requester If a send packet is dropped by the IP layer in rxe_requester() the call to rxe_xmit_packet() can fail with err == -EAGAIN. To recover, the state of the wqe is restored to the state before the packet was sent so it can be resent. However, the routines that save and restore the state miss a significnt part of the variable state in the wqe, the dma struct which is used to process through the sge table. And, the state is not saved before the packet is built which modifies the dma struct. Under heavy stress testing with many QPs on a fast node sending large messages to a slow node dropped packets are observed and the resent packets are corrupted because the dma struct was not restored. This patch fixes this behavior and allows the test cases to succeed.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-abi-stablelists4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-core4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-cross-headers4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-core4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-devel4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-devel4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-doc4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-headers4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules-extra4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt4.18.0-553.89.1.rt7.430.el8_10ALSA-2025:22800
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-core4.18.0-553.89.1.rt7.430.el8_10ALSA-2025:22800
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug4.18.0-553.89.1.rt7.430.el8_10ALSA-2025:22800
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-core4.18.0-553.89.1.rt7.430.el8_10ALSA-2025:22800
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-devel4.18.0-553.89.1.rt7.430.el8_10ALSA-2025:22800
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules4.18.0-553.89.1.rt7.430.el8_10ALSA-2025:22800
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.89.1.rt7.430.el8_10ALSA-2025:22800
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-devel4.18.0-553.89.1.rt7.430.el8_10ALSA-2025:22800
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules4.18.0-553.89.1.rt7.430.el8_10ALSA-2025:22800
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules-extra4.18.0-553.89.1.rt7.430.el8_10ALSA-2025:22800
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-core4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-devel4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8perf4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
AlmaLinux:8python3-perf4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:22801
Debian:12linux6.1.55-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53539
Debian:13linux6.5.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53539
Debian:14linux6.5.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53539
Rocky Linux:8kernel0:4.18.0-553.89.1.el8_10RLSA-2025:22801
Rocky Linux:8kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.89.1.rt7.430.el8_10RLSA-2025:22800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53539

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 3050b99850247695cb07a5c15265afcc08bcf400 – before 70518f3aaf5a059b691867d7d2d46b999319656a3050b99850247695cb07a5c15265afcc08bcf400 – before 2f2a6422287fe29f9343247d77b645100ece06523050b99850247695cb07a5c15265afcc08bcf400 – before 255c0e60e1d16874fc151358d94bc8df661600dd3050b99850247695cb07a5c15265afcc08bcf400 – before 5d122db2ff80cd2aed4dcd630befb56b51ddf947
Linux Linux 4.8

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