CVE-2023-54149
7.5 · HIGHOverview
CVE-2023-54149 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on December 24, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
Technical Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: dsa: avoid suspicious RCU usage for synced VLAN-aware MAC addresses
When using the felix driver (the only one which supports UC filtering
and MC filtering) as a DSA master for a random other DSA switch, one can
see the following stack trace when the downstream switch ports join a
VLAN-aware bridge:
=============================
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
-----------------------------
net/8021q/vlan_core.c:238 suspicious rcu_dereference_protected() usage!
stack backtrace:
Workqueue: dsa_ordered dsa_slave_switchdev_event_work
Call trace:
lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x170/0x210
vlan_for_each+0x8c/0x188
dsa_slave_sync_uc+0x128/0x178
__hw_addr_sync_dev+0x138/0x158
dsa_slave_set_rx_mode+0x58/0x70
__dev_set_rx_mode+0x88/0xa8
dev_uc_add+0x74/0xa0
dsa_port_bridge_host_fdb_add+0xec/0x180
dsa_slave_switchdev_event_work+0x7c/0x1c8
process_one_work+0x290/0x568
What it's saying is that vlan_for_each() expects rtnl_
Remediation
Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2023-54149?
CVE-2023-54149 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on December 24, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).
How severe is CVE-2023-54149?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2023-54149?
Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
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