High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2025· Updated Aug 4, 2026

CVE-2023-53535

Description

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

net: bcmgenet: Add a check for oversized packets

Occasionnaly we may get oversized packets from the hardware which exceed the nomimal 2KiB buffer size we allocate SKBs with. Add an early check which drops the packet to avoid invoking skb_over_panic() and move on to processing the next packet.

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Affected products

Linux/Kernel3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=3.15,<4.14.308
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 3.15
osv-coords
pkg:linux/kernel
Range: >= 3.15.0, < 4.14.308

Patches

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References

git.kernel.org/stable/c/124ca24e0de958d2e20e0aa1e2434af7b72f8887nvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/411317d2a4a7d6049d8efeef0d32ae43f8baefcenvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c0862c2c962052ed5055220a00ac1cefb92fbcdnvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f56767fb5f2df875b6553e08dbec6a45431c988nvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cdb07e10c1258c08f31b24898930e4ece88d163nvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/841881320562cbeac7046b537b91cd000480cea2nvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/87363d1ab55e497702a9506ff423c422639c8a25nvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/c34b1c0870323649d45c5074828d7f754dea2673nvdPatch

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