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CVE-2023-53657

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
07/10/2025
Last modified:
03/02/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> ice: Don&amp;#39;t tx before switchdev is fully configured<br /> <br /> There is possibility that ice_eswitch_port_start_xmit might be<br /> called while some resources are still not allocated which might<br /> cause NULL pointer dereference. Fix this by checking if switchdev<br /> configuration was finished.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.16 (including) 6.1.55 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2 (including) 6.5.5 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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