CVE-2023-53660 — Type Confusion in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 7
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf, cpumap: Handle skb as well when clean up ptr_ring
The following warning was reported when running xdp_redirect_cpu with
both skb-mode and stress-mode enabled:
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Incorrect XDP memory type (-2128176192) usage
WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 1442 at net/core/xdp.c:405
Modules linked in:
CPU: 7 PID: 1442 Comm: kworker/7:0 Tainted: G 6.5.0-rc2+ #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
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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/linux11941f8a85362f612df61f4aaab0e41b64d2111d — b58d34068fd9f96bfc7d389988dfaf9a92a8fe00+4
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-v6pf-gqpp-85ff: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf, cpumap: Handle skb as well when clean up ptr_ring
The following warning was↗2025-10-07
OSV▶
CVE-2023-53660: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, cpumap: Handle skb as well when clean up ptr_ring The following warning was r↗2025-10-07