Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

igb: clean up in all error paths when enabling SR-IOV

After commit 50f303496d92 ("igb: Enable SR-IOV after reinit"), removing
the igb module could hang or crash (depending on the machine) when the
module has been loaded with the max_vfs parameter set to some value != 0.

In case of one test machine with a dual port 82580, this hang occurred:

[ 232.480687] igb 0000:41:00.1: removed PHC on enp65s0f1
[ 233.093257] igb 0000:41:00.1: IOV Disabled
[ 233.329969] pcieport 0000:40:01.0: AER: Multiple Uncorrected (Non-Fatal) err0
[ 233.340302] igb 0000:41:00.0: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Uncorrected (Non-Fata)
[ 233.352248] igb 0000:41:00.0: device [8086:1516] error status/mask=00100000
[ 233.361088] igb 0000:41:00.0: [20] UnsupReq (First)
[ 233.368183] igb 0000:41:00.0: AER: TLP Header: 40000001 0000040f cdbfc00c c
[ 233.376846] igb 0000:41:00.1: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Uncorrected (Non-Fata)
[ 233.388779] igb 0000:41:00.1: device [8086:1516] error status/mask=00100000
[ 233.397629] igb 0000:41:00.1: [20] UnsupReq (First)
[ 233.404736] igb 0000:41:00.1: AER: TLP Header: 40000001 0000040f cdbfc00c c
[ 233.538214] pci 0000:41:00.1: AER: can't recover (no error_detected callback)
[ 233.538401] igb 0000:41:00.0: removed PHC on enp65s0f0
[ 233.546197] pcieport 0000:40:01.0: AER: device recovery failed
[ 234.157244] igb 0000:41:00.0: IOV Disabled
[ 371.619705] INFO: task irq/35-aerdrv:257 blocked for more than 122 seconds.
[ 371.627489] Not tainted 6.4.0-dirty #2
[ 371.632257] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this.
[ 371.641000] task:irq/35-aerdrv state:D stack:0 pid:257 ppid:2 f0
[ 371.650330] Call Trace:
[ 371.653061] <TASK>
[ 371.655407] __schedule+0x20e/0x660
[ 371.659313] schedule+0x5a/0xd0
[ 371.662824] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x11/0x20
[ 371.667983] __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x372/0x6c0
[ 371.673237] ? __pfx_aer_root_reset+0x10/0x10
[ 371.678105] report_error_detected+0x25/0x1c0
[ 371.682974] ? __pfx_report_normal_detected+0x10/0x10
[ 371.688618] pci_walk_bus+0x72/0x90
[ 371.692519] pcie_do_recovery+0xb2/0x330
[ 371.696899] aer_process_err_devices+0x117/0x170
[ 371.702055] aer_isr+0x1c0/0x1e0
[ 371.705661] ? __set_cpus_allowed_ptr+0x54/0xa0
[ 371.710723] ? __pfx_irq_thread_fn+0x10/0x10
[ 371.715496] irq_thread_fn+0x20/0x60
[ 371.719491] irq_thread+0xe6/0x1b0
[ 371.723291] ? __pfx_irq_thread_dtor+0x10/0x10
[ 371.728255] ? __pfx_irq_thread+0x10/0x10
[ 371.732731] kthread+0xe2/0x110
[ 371.736243] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 371.740430] ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50
[ 371.744428] </TASK>

The reproducer was a simple script:

#!/bin/sh
for i in `seq 1 5`; do
modprobe -rv igb
modprobe -v igb max_vfs=1
sleep 1
modprobe -rv igb
done

It turned out that this could only be reproduce on 82580 (quad and
dual-port), but not on 82576, i350 and i210. Further debugging showed
that igb_enable_sriov()'s call to pci_enable_sriov() is failing, because
dev->is_physfn is 0 on 82580.

Prior to commit 50f303496d92 ("igb: Enable SR-IOV after reinit"),
igb_enable_sriov() jumped into the "err_out" cleanup branch. After this
commit it only returned the error code.

So the cleanup didn't take place, and the incorrect VF setup in the
igb_adapter structure fooled the igb driver into assuming that VFs have
been set up where no VF actually existed.

Fix this problem by cleaning up again if pci_enable_sriov() fails.
Published: 2025-12-24
Score: 7.0 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igb: clean up in all error paths when enabling SR-IOV After commit 50f303496d92 ("igb: Enable SR-IOV after reinit"), removing the igb module could hang or crash (depending on the machine) when the module has been loaded with the max_vfs parameter set to some value != 0. In case of one test machine with a dual port 82580, this hang occurred: [ 232.480687] igb 0000:41:00.1: removed PHC on enp65s0f1 [ 233.093257] igb 0000:41:00.1: IOV Disabled [ 233.329969] pcieport 0000:40:01.0: AER: Multiple Uncorrected (Non-Fatal) err0 [ 233.340302] igb 0000:41:00.0: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Uncorrected (Non-Fata) [ 233.352248] igb 0000:41:00.0: device [8086:1516] error status/mask=00100000 [ 233.361088] igb 0000:41:00.0: [20] UnsupReq (First) [ 233.368183] igb 0000:41:00.0: AER: TLP Header: 40000001 0000040f cdbfc00c c [ 233.376846] igb 0000:41:00.1: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Uncorrected (Non-Fata) [ 233.388779] igb 0000:41:00.1: device [8086:1516] error status/mask=00100000 [ 233.397629] igb 0000:41:00.1: [20] UnsupReq (First) [ 233.404736] igb 0000:41:00.1: AER: TLP Header: 40000001 0000040f cdbfc00c c [ 233.538214] pci 0000:41:00.1: AER: can't recover (no error_detected callback) [ 233.538401] igb 0000:41:00.0: removed PHC on enp65s0f0 [ 233.546197] pcieport 0000:40:01.0: AER: device recovery failed [ 234.157244] igb 0000:41:00.0: IOV Disabled [ 371.619705] INFO: task irq/35-aerdrv:257 blocked for more than 122 seconds. [ 371.627489] Not tainted 6.4.0-dirty #2 [ 371.632257] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this. [ 371.641000] task:irq/35-aerdrv state:D stack:0 pid:257 ppid:2 f0 [ 371.650330] Call Trace: [ 371.653061] <TASK> [ 371.655407] __schedule+0x20e/0x660 [ 371.659313] schedule+0x5a/0xd0 [ 371.662824] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x11/0x20 [ 371.667983] __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x372/0x6c0 [ 371.673237] ? __pfx_aer_root_reset+0x10/0x10 [ 371.678105] report_error_detected+0x25/0x1c0 [ 371.682974] ? __pfx_report_normal_detected+0x10/0x10 [ 371.688618] pci_walk_bus+0x72/0x90 [ 371.692519] pcie_do_recovery+0xb2/0x330 [ 371.696899] aer_process_err_devices+0x117/0x170 [ 371.702055] aer_isr+0x1c0/0x1e0 [ 371.705661] ? __set_cpus_allowed_ptr+0x54/0xa0 [ 371.710723] ? __pfx_irq_thread_fn+0x10/0x10 [ 371.715496] irq_thread_fn+0x20/0x60 [ 371.719491] irq_thread+0xe6/0x1b0 [ 371.723291] ? __pfx_irq_thread_dtor+0x10/0x10 [ 371.728255] ? __pfx_irq_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 371.732731] kthread+0xe2/0x110 [ 371.736243] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 371.740430] ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50 [ 371.744428] </TASK> The reproducer was a simple script: #!/bin/sh for i in `seq 1 5`; do modprobe -rv igb modprobe -v igb max_vfs=1 sleep 1 modprobe -rv igb done It turned out that this could only be reproduce on 82580 (quad and dual-port), but not on 82576, i350 and i210. Further debugging showed that igb_enable_sriov()'s call to pci_enable_sriov() is failing, because dev->is_physfn is 0 on 82580. Prior to commit 50f303496d92 ("igb: Enable SR-IOV after reinit"), igb_enable_sriov() jumped into the "err_out" cleanup branch. After this commit it only returned the error code. So the cleanup didn't take place, and the incorrect VF setup in the igb_adapter structure fooled the igb driver into assuming that VFs have been set up where no VF actually existed. Fix this problem by cleaning up again if pci_enable_sriov() fails.
Title igb: clean up in all error paths when enabling SR-IOV
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T19:54:53.709Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T12:21:05.093Z

Link: CVE-2023-54070

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-12-24T13:16:08.850

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2023-54070

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-54070 - Bugzilla

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