CVE-2023-53535 — Out-of-bounds Write in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 4
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: bcmgenet: Add a check for oversized packets
Occasionnaly we may get oversized packets from the hardware which
exceed the nomimal 2KiB buffer size we allocate SKBs with. Add an early
check which drops the packet to avoid invoking skb_over_panic() and move
on to processing the next packet.
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/linux1c1008c793fa46703a2fee469f4235e1c7984333 — 7cdb07e10c1258c08f31b24898930e4ece88d163+8
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-wh7j-wv38-gcf6: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: bcmgenet: Add a check for oversized packets
Occasionnaly we may get oversiz↗2025-10-04
OSV▶
CVE-2023-53535: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bcmgenet: Add a check for oversized packets Occasionnaly we may get oversized↗2025-10-04