CVE-2023-53559

HIGH

Linux Kernel 3.19.1-4.14.324 - Use-After-Free in ip_vti IPv6 Packet Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ip_vti: fix potential slab-use-after-free in decode_session6 When ip_vti device is set to the qdisc of the sfb type, the cb field of the sent skb may be modified during enqueuing. Then, slab-use-after-free may occur when ip_vti device sends IPv6 packets. As commit f855691975bb ("xfrm6: Fix the nexthdr offset in _decode_session6.") showed, xfrm_decode_session was originally intended only for the receive path. IP6CB(skb)->nhoff is not set during transmission. Therefore, set the cb field in the skb to 0 before sending packets.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.4%
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-416
Status published
Products (21)
Linux/Linux < 3.19
Linux/Linux 3.19
Linux/Linux 4.14.324 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.293 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.192 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.128 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4.255 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.47 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.4.12 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.5
... and 11 more
Published Oct 04, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026