Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53104
Published: May 4, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU108499
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53104
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the smsc75xx_rx_fixup() function in drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2023-53104
Install update from vendor's website.
Linux kernel - update to 5.4.238
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/181e9db5caec4daae57a58675a1ceaa47348958f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cc46ed406bb325f10a251b03d9a83ae67b3d3d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43ffe6caccc7a1bb9d7442fbab521efbf6c1378c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4caee8e7d91e4f06f21881726da9c1bb2cd6e4fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c96eeba93980c5cef5176a4bac0ddb722fd57dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bf0eac3fdd2d25f5c6ceab63e3e4902e274f7ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89441504d66d116eb5ce58c132f58cdcca5b498a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0d07a3203c36d073af2177edfc6b070220a60cb
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.238