CVE-2023-53535

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bcmgenet: Add a check for oversized packets Occasionnaly we may get oversized packets from the hardware which exceed the nomimal 2KiB buffer size we allocate SKBs with. Add an early check which drops the packet to avoid invoking skb_over_panic() and move on to processing the next packet.

References (8)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124ca24e0de958d2e20e0aa1e2434af7b72f8887

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/411317d2a4a7d6049d8efeef0d32ae43f8baefce

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c0862c2c962052ed5055220a00ac1cefb92fbcd

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f56767fb5f2df875b6553e08dbec6a45431c988

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cdb07e10c1258c08f31b24898930e4ece88d163

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/841881320562cbeac7046b537b91cd000480cea2

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87363d1ab55e497702a9506ff423c422639c8a25

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c34b1c0870323649d45c5074828d7f754dea2673

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 1.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.14.308

Timeline

Published Oct 04, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026