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High Memory corruption

CVE-2023-53107 — veth: Fix use after free in XDP_REDIRECT

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: veth: Fix use after free in XDP_REDIRECT Commit 718a18a0c8a6 ("veth: Rework veth_xdp_rcv_skb in order to accept non-linear skb") introduced a bug where it tried to use pskb_expand_head() if the headroom was less than XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM. This however uses kmalloc to expand the head, which will later allow consume_skb() to free the skb while is it still in use by AF_XDP. Previously if the headroom was less than XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM we continued on to allocate a new skb from pages so this restores that behavior. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __xsk_rcv+0x18d/0x2c0 Read of size 78 at addr ffff888976250154 by task napi/iconduit-g/148640 CPU: 5 PID: 148640 Comm: napi/iconduit-g Kdump: loaded Tainted: G O 6.1.4-cloudflare-kasan-2023.1.2 #1 Hardware name: Quanta Computer Inc. QuantaPlex T41S-2U/S2S-MB, BIOS S2S_3B10.03 06/21/2018 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x48 print_report+0x170/0x473 ? __xsk_rcv+0x18d/0x2c0 kasan_report+0xad/0x130 ? __xsk_rcv+0x18d/0x2c0 kasan_check_range+0x149/0x1a0 memcpy+0x20/0x60 __xsk_rcv+0x18d/0x2c0 __xsk_map_redirect+0x1f3/0x490 ? veth_xdp_rcv_skb+0x89c/0x1ba0 [veth] xdp_do_redirect+0x5ca/0xd60 veth_xdp_rcv_skb+0x935/0x1ba0 [veth] ? __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x671/0x920 ? veth_xdp+0x670/0x670 [veth] veth_xdp_rcv+0x304/0xa20 [veth] ? do_xdp_generic+0x150/0x150 ? veth_xdp_rcv_one+0xde0/0xde0 [veth] ? _raw_spin_lock_bh+0xe0/0xe0 ? newidle_balance+0x887/0xe30 ? __perf_event_task_sched_in+0xdb/0x800 veth_poll+0x139/0x571 [veth] ? veth_xdp_rcv+0xa20/0xa20 [veth] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x39/0x70 ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x17e/0x7d0 ? __switch_to+0x5cf/0x1070 ? __schedule+0x95b/0x2640 ? io_schedule_timeout+0x160/0x160 __napi_poll+0xa1/0x440 napi_threaded_poll+0x3d1/0x460 ? __napi_poll+0x440/0x440 ? __kthread_parkme+0xc6/0x1f0 ? __napi_poll+0x440/0x440 kthread+0x2a2/0x340 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 </TASK> Freed by task 148640: kasan_save_stack+0x23/0x50 kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x2a/0x40 ____kasan_slab_free+0x169/0x1d0 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xd2/0x190 __kmem_cache_free+0x1a1/0x2f0 skb_release_data+0x449/0x600 consume_skb+0x9f/0x1c0 veth_xdp_rcv_skb+0x89c/0x1ba0 [veth] veth_xdp_rcv+0x304/0xa20 [veth] veth_poll+0x139/0x571 [veth] __napi_poll+0xa1/0x440 napi_threaded_poll+0x3d1/0x460 kthread+0x2a2/0x340 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888976250000 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-2k of size 2048 The buggy address is located 340 bytes inside of 2048-byte region [ffff888976250000, ffff888976250800) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page:00000000ae18262a refcount:2 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x976250 head:00000000ae18262a order:3 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0 flags: 0x2ffff800010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1ffff) raw: 002ffff800010200 0000000000000000 dead000000000122 ffff88810004cf00 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080080008 00000002ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected Memory state around the buggy address: ffff888976250000: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ffff888976250080: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb > ffff888976250100: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ^ ffff888976250180: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ffff888976250200: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb

Published May 2, 2025 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP, GitHub Security Advisories · CNA: Linux

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.
How the score was calculated
  • EPSS 0.2% (30-day exploitation probability)+1
  • Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation
Not confirmed
Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.
EPSS FIRST
0.2%
ahead of 10% of scored CVEs · Oct 15, 2026
Affects
Linux
Linux and 1 more
CVSS base
7.8
High · 4 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script the kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Total
partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

  • Documented patch — git.kernel.org (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — git.kernel.org (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
  • Documented patch — git.kernel.org (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

  1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Linux Linux, Linux Linux Kernel).
  2. Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
  3. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (memory corruption), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

VendorProductVersionsStatusSource
Linux Linux ≥ 718a18a0c8a67f97781e40bdef7cdd055c430996 and < 717d20710596b5b26595ede454d1105fa176f4a4≥ 718a18a0c8a67f97781e40bdef7cdd055c430996 and < 6e755b56896df48b0fae0db275e148f8d8aa7d6f≥ 718a18a0c8a67f97781e40bdef7cdd055c430996 and < 7c10131803e45269ddc6c817f19ed649110f3caeversion 5.18 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Linux Linux Kernel ≥ 5.18 and < 6.1.21≥ 6.2 and < 6.2.8version 6.3-rc1version 6.3-rc2 Vulnerable NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactScored by
7.8 CVSS 3.1 High 1.8 5.9 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 via NIST National Vulnerability Database
7.8 CVSS 3.1 High 1.8 5.9 nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
7.8 CVSS 3.1 High — — GitHub, Inc. via GitHub Security Advisories
7.8 CVSS 3.1 High — — Linux via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-416 · Use After Free

Other CVEs with this weakness →

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

  • Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.
  • Correlate service crashes/restarts with inbound traffic; repeated crashes may indicate attempts.
endpoint telemetry (EDR)crash dumps

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

  • 2026
  • Affected products added · linux/linux
    Oct 15, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • SSVC assessment updated
    Oct 15, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Record published
    Oct 15, 2026
  • Fix documented
    Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Affected products added · linux/linux kernel
    Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • CVSS changed · 7.8
    Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Source status changed · → Modified
    Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Record created in this database
    Oct 15, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
  • 2025
  • CVE published
    May 2, 2025 · Linux

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

  • 2× References added · Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026
  • 1× Official description updated · Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026

References

5 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

Linux
every CVE for this vendor
Memory corruption
same class
CWE-416
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

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  • CVE-2026-98432 ipv4: free inet_opt and ireq_opt after an RCU grace period 14h
  • CVE-2026-98424 wifi: cfg80211: undo netns switch if renaming the wiphy fails 1d
  • CVE-2026-98425 wifi: mac80211: don't warn when an IBSS has no channel to scan 1d
  • CVE-2026-98426 wifi: mwifiex: fix IRQ leak using wrong index in MSI-X error path 1d
  • CVE-2026-98427 net/sched: codel: bound the dropping loop per dequeue call 1d

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

  • No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
  • No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
  • No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2023-53107 is "veth: Fix use after free in XDP_REDIRECT", rated High. It affects Linux (Linux); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 7.8 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.20% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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