CVE-2023-53535

low-risk
Published 2025-10-04

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (8)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124ca24e0de958d2e20e0aa1e2434af7b72f8887
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/411317d2a4a7d6049d8efeef0d32ae43f8baefce
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c0862c2c962052ed5055220a00ac1cefb92fbcd
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f56767fb5f2df875b6553e08dbec6a45431c988
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cdb07e10c1258c08f31b24898930e4ece88d163
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/841881320562cbeac7046b537b91cd000480cea2
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87363d1ab55e497702a9506ff423c422639c8a25
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c34b1c0870323649d45c5074828d7f754dea2673
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal