Bug 2401485 (CVE-2023-53535) - CVE-2023-53535 kernel: net: bcmgenet: Add a check for oversized packets
Summary: CVE-2023-53535 kernel: net: bcmgenet: Add a check for oversized packets
Keywords:
Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-53535
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-10-04 16:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-10-29 17:47 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed:
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-04 16:03:15 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: bcmgenet: Add a check for oversized packets

Occasionnaly we may get oversized packets from the hardware which
exceed the nomimal 2KiB buffer size we allocate SKBs with. Add an early
check which drops the packet to avoid invoking skb_over_panic() and move
on to processing the next packet.


Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.