CVE-2023-53535
net: bcmgenet: Add a check for oversized packets
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 13 months later
· 13 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
- affected 1c1008c793fa46703a2fee469f4235e1c7984333 – < 7cdb07e10c1258c08f31b24898930e4ece88d163
- affected 1c1008c793fa46703a2fee469f4235e1c7984333 – < c34b1c0870323649d45c5074828d7f754dea2673
- affected 1c1008c793fa46703a2fee469f4235e1c7984333 – < 87363d1ab55e497702a9506ff423c422639c8a25
- affected 1c1008c793fa46703a2fee469f4235e1c7984333 – < 841881320562cbeac7046b537b91cd000480cea2
- affected 1c1008c793fa46703a2fee469f4235e1c7984333 – < 124ca24e0de958d2e20e0aa1e2434af7b72f8887
- affected 1c1008c793fa46703a2fee469f4235e1c7984333 – < 5f56767fb5f2df875b6553e08dbec6a45431c988
- affected 1c1008c793fa46703a2fee469f4235e1c7984333 – < 411317d2a4a7d6049d8efeef0d32ae43f8baefce
- affected 1c1008c793fa46703a2fee469f4235e1c7984333 – < 5c0862c2c962052ed5055220a00ac1cefb92fbcd
- affected 3.15
- unaffected < 3.15
- unaffected 4.14.308 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.276 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.235 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.173 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.99 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.16 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.2.3 – ≤ 6.2.*
- unaffected 6.3 – ≤ *
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cdb07e10c1258c08f31b24898930e4ece88d163 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c34b1c0870323649d45c5074828d7f754dea2673 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87363d1ab55e497702a9506ff423c422639c8a25 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/841881320562cbeac7046b537b91cd000480cea2 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124ca24e0de958d2e20e0aa1e2434af7b72f8887 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f56767fb5f2df875b6553e08dbec6a45431c988 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/411317d2a4a7d6049d8efeef0d32ae43f8baefce (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c0862c2c962052ed5055220a00ac1cefb92fbcd (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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