CVE-2023-53134

bnxt_en: Avoid order-5 memory allocation for TPA data

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: Avoid order-5 memory allocation for TPA data The driver needs to keep track of all the possible concurrent TPA (GRO/LRO) completions on the aggregation ring. On P5 chips, the maximum number of concurrent TPA is 256 and the amount of memory we allocate is order-5 on systems using 4K pages. Memory allocation failure has been reported: NetworkManager: page allocation failure: order:5, mode:0x40dc0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_ZERO), nodemask=(null),cpuset=/,mems_allowed=0-1 CPU: 15 PID: 2995 Comm: NetworkManager Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.10.156 #1 Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R660/0M1CC5, BIOS 0.2.25 08/12/2022 Call Trace: dump_stack+0x57/0x6e warn_alloc.cold.120+0x7b/0xdd ? _cond_resched+0x15/0x30 ? __alloc_pages_direct_compact+0x15f/0x170 __alloc_pages_slowpath.constprop.108+0xc58/0xc70 __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x2d0/0x300 kmalloc_order+0x24/0xe0 kmalloc_order_trace+0x19/0x80 bnxt_alloc_mem+0x1150/0x15c0 [bnxt_en] ? bnxt_get_func_stat_ctxs+0x13/0x60 [bnxt_en] __bnxt_open_nic+0x12e/0x780 [bnxt_en] bnxt_open+0x10b/0x240 [bnxt_en] __dev_open+0xe9/0x180 __dev_change_flags+0x1af/0x220 dev_change_flags+0x21/0x60 do_setlink+0x35c/0x1100 Instead of allocating this big chunk of memory and dividing it up for the concurrent TPA instances, allocate each small chunk separately for each TPA instance. This will reduce it to order-0 allocations.

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CVSS
Severity:
EPSS 0.03%
Affected: Linux Linux
Affected: Linux Linux
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What is the severity of CVE-2023-53134?
CVE-2023-53134 has not yet been assigned a CVSS score.
How to fix CVE-2023-53134?
To fix CVE-2023-53134, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-53134 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2023-53134 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2023-53134?
CVE-2023-53134 affects Linux Linux, Linux Linux.
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