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This could happen when\nswitching from uplink rep to nic profile for example.\n\nThis resolves the following call trace:\n\nRTNL: assertion failed at net/core/dev.c (1953)\nWARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 112670 at net/core/dev.c:1953 call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80\nModules linked in: sch_mqprio sch_mqprio_lib act_tunnel_key act_mirred act_skbedit cls_matchall nfnetlink_cttimeout act_gact cls_flower sch_ingress bonding ib_umad ip_gre rdma_ucm mlx5_vfio_pci ipip tunnel4 ip6_gre gre mlx5_ib vfio_pci vfio_pci_core vfio_iommu_type1 ib_uverbs vfio mlx5_core ib_ipoib geneve nf_tables ip6_tunnel tunnel6 iptable_raw openvswitch nsh rpcrdma ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_core xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xt_addrtype iptable_nat nf_nat br_netfilter rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss oid_registry overlay zram zsmalloc fuse [last unloaded: ib_uverbs]\nCPU: 6 PID: 112670 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.4.0-rc7_for_upstream_min_debug_2023_06_28_17_02 #1\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80\nCode: 90 ff 80 3d 2d 6b f7 00 00 75 c5 ba a1 07 00 00 48 c7 c6 e4 ce 0b 82 48 c7 c7 c8 f4 04 82 c6 05 11 6b f7 00 01 e8 a4 7c 8e ff <0f> 0b eb a2 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 54 48 83 e4 f0 48 83 ec\nRSP: 0018:ffff8882a21c3948 EFLAGS: 00010282\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff82e6f880 RCX: 0000000000000027\nRDX: ffff88885f99b5c8 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff88885f99b5c0\nRBP: 0000000000000028 R08: ffff88887ffabaa8 R09: 0000000000000003\nR10: ffff88887fecbac0 R11: ffff88887ff7bac0 R12: ffff8882a21c3968\nR13: ffff88811c018940 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8881274401a0\nFS: 00007fe141c81800(0000) GS:ffff88885f980000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00007f787c28b948 CR3: 000000014bcf3005 CR4: 0000000000370ea0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n ? 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This could happen when\nswitching from uplink rep to nic profile for example.\n\nThis resolves the following call trace:\n\nRTNL: assertion failed at net/core/dev.c (1953)\nWARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 112670 at net/core/dev.c:1953 call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80\nModules linked in: sch_mqprio sch_mqprio_lib act_tunnel_key act_mirred act_skbedit cls_matchall nfnetlink_cttimeout act_gact cls_flower sch_ingress bonding ib_umad ip_gre rdma_ucm mlx5_vfio_pci ipip tunnel4 ip6_gre gre mlx5_ib vfio_pci vfio_pci_core vfio_iommu_type1 ib_uverbs vfio mlx5_core ib_ipoib geneve nf_tables ip6_tunnel tunnel6 iptable_raw openvswitch nsh rpcrdma ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_core xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xt_addrtype iptable_nat nf_nat br_netfilter rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss oid_registry overlay zram zsmalloc fuse [last unloaded: ib_uverbs]\nCPU: 6 PID: 112670 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.4.0-rc7_for_upstream_min_debug_2023_06_28_17_02 #1\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80\nCode: 90 ff 80 3d 2d 6b f7 00 00 75 c5 ba a1 07 00 00 48 c7 c6 e4 ce 0b 82 48 c7 c7 c8 f4 04 82 c6 05 11 6b f7 00 01 e8 a4 7c 8e ff <0f> 0b eb a2 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 54 48 83 e4 f0 48 83 ec\nRSP: 0018:ffff8882a21c3948 EFLAGS: 00010282\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff82e6f880 RCX: 0000000000000027\nRDX: ffff88885f99b5c8 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff88885f99b5c0\nRBP: 0000000000000028 R08: ffff88887ffabaa8 R09: 0000000000000003\nR10: ffff88887fecbac0 R11: ffff88887ff7bac0 R12: ffff8882a21c3968\nR13: ffff88811c018940 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8881274401a0\nFS: 00007fe141c81800(0000) GS:ffff88885f980000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00007f787c28b948 CR3: 000000014bcf3005 CR4: 0000000000370ea0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n ? __warn+0x79/0x120\n ? call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80\n ? report_bug+0x17c/0x190\n ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x60\n ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70\n ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20\n ? call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80\n ? call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x7c/0x80\n call_netdevice_notifiers+0x2e/0x50\n mlx5e_set_xdp_feature+0x21/0x50 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_nic_init+0xf1/0x1a0 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_netdev_init_profile+0x76/0x110 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_netdev_attach_profile+0x1f/0x90 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_netdev_change_profile+0x92/0x160 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_netdev_attach_nic_profile+0x1b/0x30 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_vport_rep_unload+0xaa/0xc0 [mlx5_core]\n __esw_offloads_unload_rep+0x52/0x60 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_esw_offloads_rep_unload+0x52/0x70 [mlx5_core]\n esw_offloads_unload_rep+0x34/0x70 [mlx5_core]\n esw_offloads_disable+0x2b/0x90 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_eswitch_disable_locked+0x1b9/0x210 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0xf5/0x630 [mlx5_core]\n ? devlink_get_from_attrs_lock+0x9e/0x110\n devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_set_doit+0x60/0xe0\n genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0xc2/0x110\n genl_rcv_msg+0x17d/0x2b0\n ? devlink_get_from_attrs_lock+0x110/0x110\n ? devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_get_doit+0x290/0x290\n ? devlink_pernet_pre_exit+0xf0/0xf0\n ? genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x110/0x110\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x54/0x100\n genl_rcv+0x24/0x40\n netlink_unicast+0x1f6/0x2c0\n netlink_sendmsg+0x232/0x4a0\n sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x60\n ? _copy_from_user+0x2a/0x60\n __sys_sendto+0x110/0x160\n ? __count_memcg_events+0x48/0x90\n ? handle_mm_fault+0x161/0x260\n ? do_user_addr_fault+0x278/0x6e0\n __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30\n do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\nRIP: 0033\n---truncated---"}], "id": "CVE-2023-53632", "lastModified": "2026-02-03T22:26:22.773", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2025-10-07T16:15:46.283", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16b7775ae4389dd1e885732ea610321c64284e5f"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72cc654970658e88a1cdea08f06b11c218efa4da"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-noinfo"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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