CVE-2023-53495CWE-787

CVE-2023-53495

High · published October 1, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

net: ethernet: mvpp2_main: fix possible OOB write in mvpp2_ethtool_get_rxnfc()

rules is allocated in ethtool_get_rxnfc and the size is determined by

rule_cnt from user space. So rule_cnt needs to be check before using

rules to avoid OOB writing or NULL pointer dereference.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00168 · 5.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2025-10-01T16:15Z
Affected products (6)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.2, < 5.4.2575.4.257
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.1955.10.195
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.1325.15.132
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.546.1.54
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.5.46.5.4
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (6)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 OCT 11:45Z
    net: ethernet: mvpp2_main: fix possible OOB write in mvpp2_ethtool_get_rxnfc()
    cvelistv5