CVE-2023-53516

HIGH

Linux Kernel 6.4-6.4.8 and 6.5 - Out-of-bounds Write via IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF Attribute

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macvlan: add forgotten nla_policy for IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF The previous commit 954d1fa1ac93 ("macvlan: Add netlink attribute for broadcast cutoff") added one additional attribute named IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF to allow broadcast cutfoff. However, it forgot to describe the nla_policy at macvlan_policy (drivers/net/macvlan.c). Hence, this suppose NLA_S32 (4 bytes) integer can be faked as empty (0 bytes) by a malicious user, which could leads to OOB in heap just like CVE-2023-3773. To fix it, this commit just completes the nla_policy description for IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF. This enforces the length check and avoids the potential OOB read.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 3.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (8)
Linux/Linux < 6.4
Linux/Linux 6.4
Linux/Linux 6.4.8 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.5
Linux/Linux 954d1fa1ac93aa8a66f7d9a9ba545cf7f020d348 - 55cef78c244d0d076f5a75a35530ca63c92f4426
Linux/Linux 954d1fa1ac93aa8a66f7d9a9ba545cf7f020d348 - 79f44709aa7a744fbfbadd4aef678443290c6991
linux/linux_kernel 6.5 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.4 - 6.4.8
Published Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026