CVE-2023-53433 — Out-of-bounds Read in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 18
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: add vlan_get_protocol_and_depth() helper
Before blamed commit, pskb_may_pull() was used instead
of skb_header_pointer() in __vlan_get_protocol() and friends.
Few callers depended on skb->head being populated with MAC header,
syzbot caught one of them (skb_mac_gso_segment())
Add vlan_get_protocol_and_depth() to make the intent clearer
and use it where sensible.
This is a more generic fix than commit e9d3f80935b6
("net/a…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux30d015f5ecd9ce5706ad18a4a0649f364e3e6f7b — 4188c5269475ac59d467b5814c5df02756f6d907+11
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2023-53433: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: add vlan_get_protocol_and_depth() helper Before blamed commit, pskb_may_pull(↗2025-09-18
GHSA▶
GHSA-79xj-p645-3ffq: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: add vlan_get_protocol_and_depth() helper
Before blamed commit, pskb_may_pul↗2025-09-18