CVE-2023-53535

MEDIUM EPSS 3.9%
Published Oct 4, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 4, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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 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
3.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥3.15  –  <4.14.308
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.15  –  <4.19.276
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.20  –  <5.4.235
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.173
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.99
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.16
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.2.3

References 8

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124ca24e0de958d2e20e0aa1e2434af7b72f8887
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/411317d2a4a7d6049d8efeef0d32ae43f8baefce
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c0862c2c962052ed5055220a00ac1cefb92fbcd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f56767fb5f2df875b6553e08dbec6a45431c988
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cdb07e10c1258c08f31b24898930e4ece88d163
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/841881320562cbeac7046b537b91cd000480cea2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87363d1ab55e497702a9506ff423c422639c8a25
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c34b1c0870323649d45c5074828d7f754dea2673
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124ca24e0de958d2e20e0aa1e2434af7b72f8887
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/411317d2a4a7d6049d8efeef0d32ae43f8baefce
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c0862c2c962052ed5055220a00ac1cefb92fbcd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f56767fb5f2df875b6553e08dbec6a45431c988
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cdb07e10c1258c08f31b24898930e4ece88d163
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/841881320562cbeac7046b537b91cd000480cea2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87363d1ab55e497702a9506ff423c422639c8a25
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c34b1c0870323649d45c5074828d7f754dea2673
    Patch