CVE-2023-53114

A flaw was found in the i40e module in the Linux kernel. When the firmware is in recovery mode during the probe phase, some probe functions are skipped, causing a NULL pointer dereference when the system shuts down or is rebooted. This issue results in a denial of service.

This issue has been fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and 9.3 via RHSA-2023:7539 [1] and RHSA-2023:6583 [2], respectively.

[1]. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7539

[2]. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6583

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Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.