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CVE-2023-53068

kernel: net: usb: lan78xx: Limit packet length to skb->len

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 2, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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

net: usb: lan78xx: Limit packet length to skb->len

Packet length retrieved from descriptor may be larger than the actual socket buffer length. In such case the cloned skb passed up the network stack will leak kernel memory contents.

Additionally prevent integer underflow when size is less than ETH_FCS_LEN.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE not specified