CVE-2023-53188 — Race Condition in Linux
Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.79%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 15
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: openvswitch: fix race on port output
assume the following setup on a single machine:
1. An openvswitch instance with one bridge and default flows
2. two network namespaces "server" and "client"
3. two ovs interfaces "server" and "client" on the bridge
4. for each ovs interface a veth pair with a matching name and 32 rx and
tx queues
5. move the ends of the veth pairs to the respective network namespaces
6. assign ip addre…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux7f8a436eaa2c3ddd8e1ff2fbca267e6275085536 — 9b0dd09c1ceb35950d2884848099fccc9ec9a123+6
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2023-53188: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: fix race on port output assume the following setup on a single m↗2025-09-15
GHSA▶
GHSA-j5c6-h3mg-24rj: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: openvswitch: fix race on port output
assume the following setup on a single↗2025-09-15