CVE-2023-53601 — Improper Initialization in Linux

CWE-665 — Improper Initialization5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 4

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: do not assume skb mac_header is set Drivers must not assume in their ndo_start_xmit() that skbs have their mac_header set. skb->data is all what is needed. bonding seems to be one of the last offender as caught by syzbot: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 12155 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2907 skb_mac_offset include/linux/skbuff.h:2913 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 12155 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2907 bond_xmit_hash drivers/net/bo…

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

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.12 — 5.15.121+3
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.52-1+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linux7b8fc0103bb51d1d3e1fb5fd67958612e709f883 — 029d892b05fc5e42a1b1c0665f62cb3e4b23e6dc+5
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2023-53601: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: do not assume skb mac_header is set Drivers must not assume in their ndo_↗2025-10-04
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GHSA
GHSA-cqg2-m42r-rqrx: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: do not assume skb mac_header is set Drivers must not assume in their nd↗2025-10-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: bonding: do not assume skb mac_header is set↗2025-10-04
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Debian
CVE-2023-53601: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: do...↗2023
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