SB2025091896 - Resource management error in Linux kernel marvell prestera driver

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53342)

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the prestera_util_neigh2nc_key() and prestera_kern_fib_info_nhc() functions in drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_router.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2aa71b4b294ee2c3041d085404cea914be9b3225
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8373dca3c1f8a203cecebe3421dbe890c4f08e16
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3e5f3b7f25d7b90f3b76d98a946fec6e5f79216
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.46