Bug 2400783 (CVE-2023-53488)

Summary: CVE-2023-53488 kernel: IB/hfi1: Fix possible panic during hotplug remove
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-01 12:07:13 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

IB/hfi1: Fix possible panic during hotplug remove

During hotplug remove it is possible that the update counters work
might be pending, and may run after memory has been freed.
Cancel the update counters work before freeing memory.
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-10-01 19:28:28 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100123-CVE-2023-53488-2533@gregkh/T