CVE-2023-53600
9.1 · CRITICALOverview
CVE-2023-53600 is a critical-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on October 4, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.1, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
Technical Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tunnels: fix kasan splat when generating ipv4 pmtu error
If we try to emit an icmp error in response to a nonliner skb, we get
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ip_compute_csum+0x134/0x220
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88811c50db00 by task iperf3/1691
CPU: 2 PID: 1691 Comm: iperf3 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc3+ #309
[..]
kasan_report+0x105/0x140
ip_compute_csum+0x134/0x220
iptunnel_pmtud_build_icmp+0x554/0x1020
skb_tunnel_check_pmtu+0x513/0xb80
vxlan_xmit_one+0x139e/0x2ef0
vxlan_xmit+0x1867/0x2760
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x1ee/0x4f0
br_dev_queue_push_xmit+0x4d1/0x660
[..]
ip_compute_csum() cannot deal with nonlinear skbs, so avoid it.
After this change, splat is gone and iperf3 is no longer stuck.
Remediation
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.9, < 5.10.191 | Affected |
References
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2023-53600?
CVE-2023-53600 is a critical-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on October 4, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL).
How severe is CVE-2023-53600?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.1, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2023-53600?
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
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