CVE-2023-53516
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
Publication date:
01/10/2025
Last modified:
26/01/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
macvlan: add forgotten nla_policy for IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF<br />
<br />
The previous commit 954d1fa1ac93 ("macvlan: Add netlink attribute for<br />
broadcast cutoff") added one additional attribute named<br />
IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF to allow broadcast cutfoff.<br />
<br />
However, it forgot to describe the nla_policy at macvlan_policy<br />
(drivers/net/macvlan.c). Hence, this suppose NLA_S32 (4 bytes) integer<br />
can be faked as empty (0 bytes) by a malicious user, which could leads<br />
to OOB in heap just like CVE-2023-3773.<br />
<br />
To fix it, this commit just completes the nla_policy description for<br />
IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF. This enforces the length check and avoids the<br />
potential OOB read.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.4 (including) | 6.4.8 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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