CVE-2023-53125

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.14.311 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: smsc75xx: Limit packet length to skb->len Packet length retrieved from skb data may be larger than the actual socket buffer length (up to 9026 bytes). In such case the cloned skb passed up the network stack will leak kernel memory contents.

References (8)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/105db6574281e1e03fcbf87983f4fee111682306

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a4de0a68b18485c68ab4f0cfa665b1633c6d277

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53966d572d056d6b234cfe76a5f9d60049d3c178

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ee5df9c039e37b9d8eb5e3de08bfb7f53d31cb6

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fabdd79051a9fe51388df099aff6e4b660fedd2

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7bdc137ca163b90917c1eeba4f1937684bd4f8b

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8b228318935044dafe3a5bc07ee71a1f1424b8d

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e294f0aa47e4844f3d3c8766c02accd5a76a7d4e

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 19.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (10)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.14.311

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published May 02, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026