CVE-2023-53397

modpost: fix off by one in is_executable_section()

Medium · published September 18, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

modpost: fix off by one in is_executable_section()

The > comparison should be >= to prevent an out of bounds array

access.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00149 · 3.7th percentile
Published
2025-09-18T13:33Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 SEP 13:33Z
    modpost: fix off by one in is_executable_section()
    cvelistv5