Bug 2420333 (CVE-2023-53863)
| Summary: | CVE-2023-53863 kernel: netlink: do not hard code device address lenth in fdb dumps | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | low | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | low | ||
| Version: | unspecified | Keywords: | Security |
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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A kernel information leak vulnerability was found in the netlink FDB (Forwarding Database) dump functionality in the Linux kernel. The code incorrectly hard-codes ETH_ALEN (6 bytes) for device addresses, but some network devices have shorter addresses (e.g., 4 bytes). When dumping FDB entries for such devices, uninitialized kernel memory is copied to userspace, potentially leaking sensitive information.
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2025-12-09 02:03:39 UTC
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