CVE-2023-54201

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/efa: Fix wrong resources deallocation order When trying to destroy QP or CQ, we first decrease the refcount and potentially free memory regions allocated for the object and then request the device to destroy the object. If the device fails, the object isn't fully destroyed so the user/IB core can try to destroy the object again which will lead to underflow when trying to decrease an already zeroed refcount. Deallocate resources in reverse order of allocating them to safely free them.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24f9884971f9b34915b67baacf7350a3f6f19ea4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf38960386f3cc4abf395e556af915e4babcafd2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc202c57e9a1423aed528e4b8dc949509cd32191
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e79db2f51a564fd4daa3e508b987df5e81c34b20

Configurations

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History

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Information

Published : 2025-12-30 13:16

Updated : 2026-08-04 11:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-54201

Mitre link : CVE-2023-54201

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-54201

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Products Affected

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CWE

No CWE.

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