In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: wraparound mbox producer index Driver is not handling the wraparound of the mbox producer index correctly. Currently the wraparound happens once u32 max is reached. Bit 31 of the producer index register is special and should be set only once for the first command. Because the producer index overflow setting bit31 after a long time, FW goes to initialization sequence and this causes FW hang. Fix is to wraparound the mbox producer index once it reaches u16 max.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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References
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af91306e17ef3d18e5f100aa58aa787869118af cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50d77c3739b2b15e9e1f1c9cbe50037d294800f8 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79226176cdd1b65a1e6a90e0e1a2b490f0a9df33 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bfa0303fbc265c94cfbd17505c55b99848aa4e3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9341501e2f7af29f5b5562c2840a7fde40eb7de4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9be352be9bb15e6b83e40abc4df7f4776b435ba cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091509-CVE-2023-53201-baf1@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53201 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53201 cve-icon
History

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: wraparound mbox producer index Driver is not handling the wraparound of the mbox producer index correctly. Currently the wraparound happens once u32 max is reached. Bit 31 of the producer index register is special and should be set only once for the first command. Because the producer index overflow setting bit31 after a long time, FW goes to initialization sequence and this causes FW hang. Fix is to wraparound the mbox producer index once it reaches u16 max.
Title RDMA/bnxt_re: wraparound mbox producer index
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-09-15T14:21:29.476Z

Updated: 2025-09-15T14:21:29.476Z

Reserved: 2025-09-15T13:59:19.067Z

Link: CVE-2023-53201

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-15T15:15:46.513

Modified: 2025-09-15T15:22:27.090

Link: CVE-2023-53201

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53201 - Bugzilla