5.5

CVE-2023-53442: ice: Block switchdev mode when ADQ is active and vice versa

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53442DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53442
Published 18-09-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53442 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 14 · Related 12
RHSA-2024:2394RHSA-2024:3138SUSE-SU-2025:03600-1SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1SUSE-SU-2025:03634-1SUSE-SU-2025:20851-1

Timeline

  1. 18-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: Block switchdev mode when ADQ is active and vice versa ADQ and switchdev are not supported simultaneously. Enabling both at the same time can result in nullptr dereference. To prevent this, check if ADQ is active when changing devlink mode to switchdev mode, and check if switchdev is active when enabling ADQ.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.14% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu84 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ fbc7b27af0f9fb181811424e29caf6825594a841, < 1c82d1b736ce85e77fd4da05eca6f1f4a52a2bc3 | ≥ fbc7b27af0f9fb181811424e29caf6825594a841, < 24f0d69da35d812b3a1104918014a29627140cb1 | ≥ fbc7b27af0f9fb181811424e29caf6825594a841, < 43d00e102d9ecbe2635d7e3f2e14d2e90183d6af | 5.16
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.47 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.4.12 | 6.5:rc1 | 6.5:rc2 | 6.5:rc3 | 6.5:rc4 | 6.5:rc5 | 6.5:rc6
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.52-1 | < 6.4.13-1

3 vendors · 87 products

References

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