#VU116316 Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53470
Published: October 1, 2025 / Updated: October 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116316
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53470
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the ionic_devlink_alloc() function in drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_devlink.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0020c16c8af7f4bc9503a2088fb30793b6771fac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d02efe7f25158c93146e3bb827bc7bb3cd5e71a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a54903ff68ddb33b6463c94b4eb37fc584ef760
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5325f50de5b1433b27dda7ccff5cb7283722a3f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c177dd465f5c1e5f242cdb9258826c591c257e9a
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.112