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

ice: Don't tx before switchdev is fully configured

There is possibility that ice_eswitch_port_start_xmit might be
called while some resources are still not allocated which might
cause NULL pointer dereference. Fix this by checking if switchdev
configuration was finished.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

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 0.00025.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
f5396b8a663f7a78ee5b75a47ee524b40795b265 affected < 5760a72b3060150b587eff3e879648c7470efddd
f5396b8a663f7a78ee5b75a47ee524b40795b265 affected < 63ff5a94649837d980e3b9ef535c793ec8cb0ca7
f5396b8a663f7a78ee5b75a47ee524b40795b265 affected < 7aa529a69e92b9aff585e569d5003f7c15d8d60b
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
5.16 affected —
0 unaffected < 5.16
6.1.55 unaffected ≤ 6.1.*
6.5.5 unaffected ≤ 6.5.*
6.6 unaffected ≤ *

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5760a72b3060150b587eff3e879648c7470efddd cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63ff5a94649837d980e3b9ef535c793ec8cb0ca7 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7aa529a69e92b9aff585e569d5003f7c15d8d60b cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100701-CVE-2023-53657-d0c7@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53657 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53657 cve-icon
History

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics 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'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
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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

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: Don't tx before switchdev is fully configured There is possibility that ice_eswitch_port_start_xmit might be called while some resources are still not allocated which might cause NULL pointer dereference. Fix this by checking if switchdev configuration was finished.
Title ice: Don't tx before switchdev is fully configured
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-29T10:50:40.984Z

Reserved: 2025-10-07T15:16:59.661Z

Link: CVE-2023-53657

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-10-07T16:15:49.330

Modified: 2026-02-03T19:27:32.453

Link: CVE-2023-53657

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-10-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53657 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-08T13:36:29Z

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