CVE-2023-53068

net: usb: lan78xx: Limit packet length to skb->len

published May 2, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: usb: lan78xx: Limit packet length to skb->len

Packet length retrieved from descriptor may be larger than

the actual socket buffer length. In such case the cloned

skb passed up the network stack will leak kernel memory contents.

Additionally prevent integer underflow when size is less than

ETH_FCS_LEN.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00199 · 9.2th percentile
Published
2025-05-02T15:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 MAY 15:55Z
    net: usb: lan78xx: Limit packet length to skb->len
    cvelistv5