Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-54219

medium Nessus Plugin ID 281692

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- Revert IB/isert: Fix incorrect release of isert connection Commit: 699826f4e30a (IB/isert: Fix incorrect release of isert connection) is causing problems on OPA when DEVICE_REMOVAL is happening.
------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 52 PID: 2117247 at drivers/infiniband/core/cq.c:359 ib_cq_pool_cleanup+0xac/0xb0 [ib_core] Modules linked in: nfsd nfs_acl target_core_user uio tcm_fc libfc scsi_transport_fc tcm_loop target_core_pscsi target_core_iblock target_core_file rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs lockd grace fscache netfs rfkill rpcrdma rdma_ucm ib_srpt sunrpc ib_isert iscsi_target_mod target_core_mod opa_vnic ib_iser libiscsi ib_umad scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm ib_ipoib iw_cm ib_cm hfi1(-) rdmavt ib_uverbs intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common sb_edac ib_core x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp i2c_i801 mxm_wmi rapl iTCO_wdt ipmi_si iTCO_vendor_support mei_me ipmi_devintf mei intel_cstate ioatdma intel_uncore i2c_smbus joydev pcspkr lpc_ich ipmi_msghandler acpi_power_meter acpi_pad xfs libcrc32c sr_mod sd_mod cdrom t10_pi sg crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel drm_kms_helper drm_shmem_helper ahci libahci ghash_clmulni_intel igb drm libata dca i2c_algo_bit wmi fuse CPU: 52 PID: 2117247 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1+ #1 Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600CWR/S2600CW, BIOS SE5C610.86B.01.01.0014.121820151719 12/18/2015 RIP:
0010:ib_cq_pool_cleanup+0xac/0xb0 [ib_core] Code: ff 48 8b 43 40 48 8d 7b 40 48 83 e8 40 4c 39 e7 75 b3 49 83 c4 10 4d 39 fc 75 94 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc <0f> 0b eb a1 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f RSP: 0018:ffffc10bea13fc80 EFLAGS: 00010206 RAX: 000000000000010c RBX:
ffff9bf5c7e66c00 RCX: 000000008020001d RDX: 000000008020001e RSI: fffff175221f9900 RDI: ffff9bf5c7e67640 RBP: ffff9bf5c7e67600 R08: ffff9bf5c7e64400 R09: 000000008020001d R10: 0000000040000000 R11:
0000000000000000 R12: ffff9bee4b1e8a18 R13: dead000000000122 R14: dead000000000100 R15: ffff9bee4b1e8a38 FS: 00007ff1e6d38740(0000) GS:ffff9bfd9fb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00005652044ecc68 CR3: 0000000889b5c005 CR4: 00000000001706e0 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __warn+0x80/0x130 ? ib_cq_pool_cleanup+0xac/0xb0 [ib_core] ? report_bug+0x195/0x1a0 ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70 ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 ? ib_cq_pool_cleanup+0xac/0xb0 [ib_core] disable_device+0x9d/0x160 [ib_core]
__ib_unregister_device+0x42/0xb0 [ib_core] ib_unregister_device+0x22/0x30 [ib_core] rvt_unregister_device+0x20/0x90 [rdmavt] hfi1_unregister_ib_device+0x16/0xf0 [hfi1] remove_one+0x55/0x1a0 [hfi1] pci_device_remove+0x36/0xa0 device_release_driver_internal+0x193/0x200 driver_detach+0x44/0x90 bus_remove_driver+0x69/0xf0 pci_unregister_driver+0x2a/0xb0 hfi1_mod_cleanup+0xc/0x3c [hfi1]
__do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x17a/0x2f0 ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xc4/0xd0 ? syscall_trace_enter.constprop.0+0x126/0x1a0 do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x90 ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x30 ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x90 ? syscall_exit_work+0x103/0x130 ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x30 ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x90 ? exc_page_fault+0x65/0x150 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8 RIP:
0033:0x7ff1e643f5ab Code: 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 75 a8 1b 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa b8 b0 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 45 a8 1b 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007ffec9103cc8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000b0 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX:
00005615267fdc50 RCX: 00007ff1e643f5ab RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000800 RDI: 00005615267fdcb8 RBP: 00005615267fdc50 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 00007ff1e659eac0 R11:
0000000000000206 R12: 00005615267fdcb8 R13: 00000000000 ---truncated--- (CVE-2023-54219)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-54219

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 281692

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_54219.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/5/2026

Updated: 1/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 3.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-54219

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-6.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.17, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-raspi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.19, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-realtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-raspi2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-xilinx, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-6.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-nvidia-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-6.14, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-starfive-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.14, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke-5.15, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-starfive-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gkeop-5.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-allwinner-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-nvidia-6.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gkeop-5.15, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-raspi-realtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-fde-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-intel-iot-realtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gkeop, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-6.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke-4.15, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-6.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-intel-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke-5.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-fde, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-nvidia-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-starfive-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-6.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-6.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-fde-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.10

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/30/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-54219