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Unscored CVE-2023-54236 EUVD-2023-60405GHSA-9c88-mg4g-wxx2

net/net_failover: fix txq exceeding warning

Published Dec 30, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.14 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

net/net_failover: fix txq exceeding warning

The failover txq is inited as 16 queues.
when a packet is transmitted from the failover device firstly,
the failover device will select the queue which is returned from
the primary device if the primary device is UP and running.
If the primary device txq is bigger than the default 16,
it can lead to the following warning:
eth0 selects TX queue 18, but real number of TX queues is 16

The warning backtrace is:
[ 32.146376] CPU: 18 PID: 9134 Comm: chronyd Tainted: G E 6.2.8-1.el7.centos.x86_64 #1
[ 32.147175] Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.10.2-3.el7_4.1 04/01/2014
[ 32.147730] Call Trace:
[ 32.147971] <TASK>
[ 32.148183] dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x70
[ 32.148514] dump_stack+0x10/0x20
[ 32.148820] netdev_core_pick_tx+0xb1/0xe0
[ 32.149180] __dev_queue_xmit+0x529/0xcf0
[ 32.149533] ? __check_object_size.part.0+0x21c/0x2c0
[ 32.149967] ip_finish_output2+0x278/0x560
[ 32.150327] __ip_finish_output+0x1fe/0x2f0
[ 32.150690] ip_finish_output+0x2a/0xd0
[ 32.151032] ip_output+0x7a/0x110
[ 32.151337] ? __pfx_ip_finish_output+0x10/0x10
[ 32.151733] ip_local_out+0x5e/0x70
[ 32.152054] ip_send_skb+0x19/0x50
[ 32.152366] udp_send_skb.isra.0+0x163/0x3a0
[ 32.152736] udp_sendmsg+0xba8/0xec0
[ 32.153060] ? __folio_memcg_unlock+0x25/0x60
[ 32.153445] ? __pfx_ip_generic_getfrag+0x10/0x10
[ 32.153854] ? sock_has_perm+0x85/0xa0
[ 32.154190] inet_sendmsg+0x6d/0x80
[ 32.154508] ? inet_sendmsg+0x6d/0x80
[ 32.154838] sock_sendmsg+0x62/0x70
[ 32.155152] ____sys_sendmsg+0x134/0x290
[ 32.155499] ___sys_sendmsg+0x81/0xc0
[ 32.155828] ? _get_random_bytes.part.0+0x79/0x1a0
[ 32.156240] ? ip4_datagram_release_cb+0x5f/0x1e0
[ 32.156649] ? get_random_u16+0x69/0xf0
[ 32.156989] ? __fget_light+0xcf/0x110
[ 32.157326] __sys_sendmmsg+0xc4/0x210
[ 32.157657] ? __sys_connect+0xb7/0xe0
[ 32.157995] ? __audit_syscall_entry+0xce/0x140
[ 32.158388] ? syscall_trace_enter.isra.0+0x12c/0x1a0
[ 32.158820] __x64_sys_sendmmsg+0x24/0x30
[ 32.159171] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
[ 32.159493] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc

Fix that by reducing txq number as the non-existent primary-dev does.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.18 5.4.240

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.1.25-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.1.25-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.25-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1022.24 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux 5.15.0-79.86 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1042.47 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1045.52 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1045.52.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1039.47 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1039.44 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1025.30 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1035.38 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1037.42 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 5.15.0-79.88 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1030.30 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1016.16 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1002.2 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1040.46 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1025.29 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-156.173 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1107.115 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1041.46~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1114.120 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1045.52~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1068.74 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1110.119 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1039.47~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-79.86~20.04.2 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1054.59 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1036.39~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1037.42~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1019.20 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1096.102 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-79.88~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1016.16~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1106.115 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1040.46~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1091.102 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1038.42~20.04.2 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1027.31 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1036.38 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1043.48 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1107.115+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1113.119+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1082.91 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1110.119+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1107.115~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1113.119~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1110.119~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-156.173~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1054.59~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1106.115~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1091.102~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.290.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1
Show 10 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_34 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_48 1-150400.9.7.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.290.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_76 1-8.7.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.23-36.46 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +12 6.1.23-36.46.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1054

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