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CVE-2026-53323
Summary

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

net: dsa: remove redundant netdev_lock_ops() from conduit ethtool ops

DSA replaces the conduit (master) device's ethtool_ops with its own
wrappers that aggregate stats from both the conduit and DSA switch
ports. Taking the lock again inside the DSA wrappers causes a deadlock.

Stumbled upon this when booting qemu with fbnic and CONFIG_NET_DSA_LOOP=y
(which looks like some kind of testing device that auto-populates the ports
of eth0). `ethtool -i` is enough to deadlock. This means we have basically zero
coverage for DSA stuff with real ops locked devs.

Remove the redundant netdev_lock_ops()/netdev_unlock_ops() calls from
the DSA conduit ethtool wrappers.

Publication Date June 27, 2026, 5:17 a.m.
Registration Date June 29, 2026, 4:16 a.m.
Last Update June 27, 2026, 5:17 a.m.
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