Bug 2400779 (CVE-2023-53499)

Summary: CVE-2023-53499 kernel: virtio_net: Fix error unwinding of XDP initialization
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-01 12:06:55 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

virtio_net: Fix error unwinding of XDP initialization

When initializing XDP in virtnet_open(), some rq xdp initialization
may hit an error causing net device open failed. However, previous
rqs have already initialized XDP and enabled NAPI, which is not the
expected behavior. Need to roll back the previous rq initialization
to avoid leaks in error unwinding of init code.

Also extract helper functions of disable and enable queue pairs.
Use newly introduced disable helper function in error unwinding and
virtnet_close. Use enable helper function in virtnet_open.
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-10-01 19:46:57 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100126-CVE-2023-53499-0e6a@gregkh/T