CVE-2023-53516
HIGHLinux Kernel 6.4-6.4.8 and 6.5 - Out-of-bounds Write via IFLA_MACVLAN_BC_CUTOFF Attribute
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
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