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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53863

Published Dec 9, 2025·Last modified Apr 28, 2026
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netlink: do not hard code device address lenth in fdb dumps syzbot reports that some netdev devices do not have a six bytes address [1] Replace ETH_ALEN by dev->addr_len. [1] (Case of a device where dev->addr_len = 4) BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in copyout+0xb8/0x100 lib/iov_iter.c:169 instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline] copyout+0xb8/0x100 lib/iov_iter.c:169 _copy_to_iter+0x6d8/0x1d00 lib/iov_iter.c:536 copy_to_iter include/linux/uio.h:206 [inline] simple_copy_to_iter+0x68/0xa0 net/core/datagram.c:513 __skb_datagram_iter+0x123/0xdc0 net/core/datagram.c:419 skb_copy_datagram_iter+0x5c/0x200 net/core/datagram.c:527 skb_copy_datagram_msg include/linux/skbuff.h:3960 [inline] netlink_recvmsg+0x4ae/0x15a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1970 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1019 [inline] sock_recvmsg net/socket.c:1040 [inline] ____sys_recvmsg+0x283/0x7f0 net/socket.c:2722 ___sys_recvmsg+0x223/0x840 net/socket.c:2764 do_recvmmsg+0x4f9/0xfd0 net/socket.c:2858 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2937 [inline] __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2960 [inline] __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2953 [inline] __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x397/0x490 net/socket.c:2953 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Uninit was stored to memory at: __nla_put lib/nlattr.c:1009 [inline] nla_put+0x1c6/0x230 lib/nlattr.c:1067 nlmsg_populate_fdb_fill+0x2b8/0x600 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4071 nlmsg_populate_fdb net/core/rtnetlink.c:4418 [inline] ndo_dflt_fdb_dump+0x616/0x840 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4456 rtnl_fdb_dump+0x14ff/0x1fc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4629 netlink_dump+0x9d1/0x1310 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2268 netlink_recvmsg+0xc5c/0x15a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1995 sock_recvmsg_nosec+0x7a/0x120 net/socket.c:1019 ____sys_recvmsg+0x664/0x7f0 net/socket.c:2720 ___sys_recvmsg+0x223/0x840 net/socket.c:2764 do_recvmmsg+0x4f9/0xfd0 net/socket.c:2858 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2937 [inline] __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2960 [inline] __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2953 [inline] __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x397/0x490 net/socket.c:2953 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook+0x12d/0xb60 mm/slab.h:716 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3451 [inline] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x4ff/0x8b0 mm/slub.c:3490 kmalloc_trace+0x51/0x200 mm/slab_common.c:1057 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:559 [inline] __hw_addr_create net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:60 [inline] __hw_addr_add_ex+0x2e5/0x9e0 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:118 __dev_mc_add net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:867 [inline] dev_mc_add+0x9a/0x130 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:885 igmp6_group_added+0x267/0xbc0 net/ipv6/mcast.c:680 ipv6_mc_up+0x296/0x3b0 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2754 ipv6_mc_remap+0x1e/0x30 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2708 addrconf_type_change net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3731 [inline] addrconf_notify+0x4d3/0x1d90 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3699 notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:93 [inline] raw_notifier_call_chain+0xe4/0x430 kernel/notifier.c:461 call_netdevice_notifiers_info net/core/dev.c:1935 [inline] call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:1973 [inline] call_netdevice_notifiers+0x1ee/0x2d0 net/core/dev.c:1987 bond_enslave+0xccd/0x53f0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:1906 do_set_master net/core/rtnetlink.c:2626 [inline] rtnl_newlink_create net/core/rtnetlink.c:3460 [inline] _rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3660 [inline] rtnl_newlink+0x378c/0x40e0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3673 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x16a6/0x1840 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6395 netlink_rcv_skb+0x371/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2546 rtnetlink_rcv+0x34/0x40 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6413 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339 [inline] netlink_unicast+0xf28/0x1230 net/netlink/af ---truncated---

Risk Scores
Base Score
0.0

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Threat Intelligence
0.0

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EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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