CVE-2023-54126: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: safexcel - Cleanup ring IRQ workqueues on load failure A failure loading the safex

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: safexcel - Cleanup ring IRQ workqueues on load failure A failure loading the safex

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: safexcel - Cleanup ring IRQ workqueues on load failure A failure loading the safexcel driver results in the following warning on boot, because the IRQ affinity has not been correctly cleaned up. Ensure we clean up the affinity and workqueues on a failure to load the driver. crypto-safexcel: probe of f2800000.crypto failed with error -2 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 232 at kernel/irq/manage.c:1913 free_irq+0x300/0x340 Modules linked in: hwmon mdio_i2c crypto_safexcel(+) md5 sha256_generic libsha256 authenc libdes omap_rng rng_core nft_masq nft_nat nft_chain_nat nf_nat nft_ct nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_tables libcrc32c nfnetlink fuse autofs4 CPU: 1 PID: 232 Comm: systemd-udevd Tainted: G W 6.1.6-00002-g9d4898824677 #3 Hardware name: MikroTik RB5009 (DT) pstate: 600000c5 (nZCv daIF -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : free_irq+0x300/0x340 lr : free_irq+0x2e0/0x340 sp : ffff800008fa3890 x29: ffff800008fa3890 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000 x26: ffff8000008e6dc0 x25: ffff000009034cac x24: ffff000009034d50 x23: 0000000000000000 x22:

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What it means for a small business

Linux is on the computers, phones or browsers your team uses every day. Turn on automatic updates and restart: most of these fixes only take effect after a restart.

How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.21%, higher than 11% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored October 29, 2026, updated daily.

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Sources

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