CVE-2023-53462

MEDIUM EPSS 4.2%
Published Oct 1, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 1, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hsr: Fix uninit-value access in fill_frame_info() Syzbot reports the following uninit-value access problem. ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in fill_frame_info net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:601 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in hsr_forward_skb+0x9bd/0x30f0 net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:616 fill_frame_info net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:601 [inline] hsr_forward_skb+0x9bd/0x30f0 net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:616 hsr_dev_xmit+0x192/0x330 net/hsr/hsr_device.c:223 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4889 [inline] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4903 [inline] xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3544 [inline] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x247/0xa10 net/core/dev.c:3560 __dev_queue_xmit+0x34d0/0x52a0 net/core/dev.c:4340 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3082 [inline] packet_xmit+0x9c/0x6b0 net/packet/af_packet.c:276 packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3087 [inline] packet_sendmsg+0x8b1d/0x9f30 net/packet/af_packet.c:3119 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:753 [inline] __sys_sendto+0x781/0xa30 net/socket.c:2176 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2188 [inline] __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2184 [inline] __ia32_sys_sendto+0x11f/0x1c0 net/socket.c:2184 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline] __do_fast_syscall_32+0xa2/0x100 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178 do_fast_syscall_32+0x37/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203 do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/common.c:246 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82 Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook+0x12f/0xb70 mm/slab.h:767 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x577/0xa80 mm/slub.c:3523 kmalloc_reserve+0x148/0x470 net/core/skbuff.c:559 __alloc_skb+0x318/0x740 net/core/skbuff.c:644 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1286 [inline] alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc8/0xbd0 net/core/skbuff.c:6299 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xa80/0xbf0 net/core/sock.c:2794 packet_alloc_skb net/packet/af_packet.c:2936 [inline] packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3030 [inline] packet_sendmsg+0x70e8/0x9f30 net/packet/af_packet.c:3119 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:753 [inline] __sys_sendto+0x781/0xa30 net/socket.c:2176 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2188 [inline] __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2184 [inline] __ia32_sys_sendto+0x11f/0x1c0 net/socket.c:2184 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline] __do_fast_syscall_32+0xa2/0x100 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178 do_fast_syscall_32+0x37/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203 do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/common.c:246 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82 It is because VLAN not yet supported in hsr driver. Return error when protocol is ETH_P_8021Q in fill_frame_info() now to fix it.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-908

Affected Products 5

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.9  –  <5.10.195
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.132
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.54
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.5.4
linuxlinux_kernel6.6any

References 5

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e90a93ac4845c31724ec5dc96fb51e608435a9d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/484b4833c604c0adcf19eac1ca14b60b757355b5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61866f7d814e5792bf47410d7d3ff32e49bd292a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a4480c5e6ebaf9f797ac300e2a97a02d4e70cfd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed7a0ba7e840dc5d54cdbd8466be27e6aedce1e5
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e90a93ac4845c31724ec5dc96fb51e608435a9d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/484b4833c604c0adcf19eac1ca14b60b757355b5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61866f7d814e5792bf47410d7d3ff32e49bd292a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a4480c5e6ebaf9f797ac300e2a97a02d4e70cfd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed7a0ba7e840dc5d54cdbd8466be27e6aedce1e5
    Patch