Linux Kernel up to 5.15.123/6.1.42/6.4.7 irdma_wait_event race condition

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.123/6.1.42/6.4.7. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function irdma_wait_event. Performing a manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-54302. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.123/6.1.42/6.4.7. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function irdma_wait_event. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/irdma: Fix data race on CQP completion stats CQP completion statistics is read lockesly in irdma_wait_event and irdma_check_cqp_progress while it can be updated in the completion thread irdma_sc_ccq_get_cqe_info on another CPU as KCSAN reports. Make completion statistics an atomic variable to reflect coherent updates to it. This will also avoid load/store tearing logic bug potentially possible by compiler optimizations. [77346.170861] BUG: KCSAN: data-race in irdma_handle_cqp_op [irdma] / irdma_sc_ccq_get_cqe_info [irdma] [77346.171383] write to 0xffff8a3250b108e0 of 8 bytes by task 9544 on cpu 4: [77346.171483] irdma_sc_ccq_get_cqe_info+0x27a/0x370 [irdma] [77346.171658] irdma_cqp_ce_handler+0x164/0x270 [irdma] [77346.171835] cqp_compl_worker+0x1b/0x20 [irdma] [77346.172009] process_one_work+0x4d1/0xa40 [77346.172024] worker_thread+0x319/0x700 [77346.172037] kthread+0x180/0x1b0 [77346.172054] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 [77346.172136] read to 0xffff8a3250b108e0 of 8 bytes by task 9838 on cpu 2: [77346.172234] irdma_handle_cqp_op+0xf4/0x4b0 [irdma] [77346.172413] irdma_cqp_aeq_cmd+0x75/0xa0 [irdma] [77346.172592] irdma_create_aeq+0x390/0x45a [irdma] [77346.172769] irdma_rt_init_hw.cold+0x212/0x85d [irdma] [77346.172944] irdma_probe+0x54f/0x620 [irdma] [77346.173122] auxiliary_bus_probe+0x66/0xa0 [77346.173137] really_probe+0x140/0x540 [77346.173154] __driver_probe_device+0xc7/0x220 [77346.173173] driver_probe_device+0x5f/0x140 [77346.173190] __driver_attach+0xf0/0x2c0 [77346.173208] bus_for_each_dev+0xa8/0xf0 [77346.173225] driver_attach+0x29/0x30 [77346.173240] bus_add_driver+0x29c/0x2f0 [77346.173255] driver_register+0x10f/0x1a0 [77346.173272] __auxiliary_driver_register+0xbc/0x140 [77346.173287] irdma_init_module+0x55/0x1000 [irdma] [77346.173460] do_one_initcall+0x7d/0x410 [77346.173475] do_init_module+0x81/0x2c0 [77346.173491] load_module+0x1232/0x12c0 [77346.173506] __do_sys_finit_module+0x101/0x180 [77346.173522] __x64_sys_finit_module+0x3c/0x50 [77346.173538] do_syscall_64+0x39/0x90 [77346.173553] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [77346.173634] value changed: 0x0000000000000094 -> 0x0000000000000095

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-54302 since 12/30/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 5.15.124, 6.1.43 or 6.4.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch bf0f9f65b7fe36ea9d2e23263dcefc90255d7b1f/4e1a5842a359ee18d5a9e75097d7cf4d93e233bb/2623ca92cd8f9668edabe9e4f4a3cf77fd7115f2/f2c3037811381f9149243828c7eb9a1631df9f9c is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2941). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Open Source Linux Kernel

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.15.123
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
• 6.1.12
• 6.1.13
• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.1.16
• 6.1.17
• 6.1.18
• 6.1.19
• 6.1.20
• 6.1.21
• 6.1.22
• 6.1.23
• 6.1.24
• 6.1.25
• 6.1.26
• 6.1.27
• 6.1.28
• 6.1.29
• 6.1.30
• 6.1.31
• 6.1.32
• 6.1.33
• 6.1.34
• 6.1.35
• 6.1.36
• 6.1.37
• 6.1.38
• 6.1.39
• 6.1.40
• 6.1.41
• 6.1.42
• 6.4.0
• 6.4.1
• 6.4.2
• 6.4.3
• 6.4.4
• 6.4.5
• 6.4.6
• 6.4.7

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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