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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00036.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-60073 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.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124ca24e0de958d2e20e0aa1e2434af7b72f8887 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/411317d2a4a7d6049d8efeef0d32ae43f8baefce cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c0862c2c962052ed5055220a00ac1cefb92fbcd cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f56767fb5f2df875b6553e08dbec6a45431c988 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cdb07e10c1258c08f31b24898930e4ece88d163 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/841881320562cbeac7046b537b91cd000480cea2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87363d1ab55e497702a9506ff423c422639c8a25 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c34b1c0870323649d45c5074828d7f754dea2673 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100442-CVE-2023-53535-c515@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53535 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53535 cve-icon
History

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 22:45:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
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Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 15:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title net: bcmgenet: Add a check for oversized packets
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-04T15:16:46.583Z

Reserved: 2025-10-04T15:14:15.919Z

Link: CVE-2023-53535

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-04T16:15:48.457

Modified: 2025-10-06T14:56:21.733

Link: CVE-2023-53535

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-10-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53535 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-06T14:41:24Z

Weaknesses

No weakness.