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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 7, 2025· Updated Aug 4, 2026

CVE-2023-53669

CVE-2023-53669

Description

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

tcp: fix skb_copy_ubufs() vs BIG TCP

David Ahern reported crashes in skb_copy_ubufs() caused by TCP tx zerocopy using hugepages, and skb length bigger than ~68 KB.

skb_copy_ubufs() assumed it could copy all payload using up to MAX_SKB_FRAGS order-0 pages.

This assumption broke when BIG TCP was able to put up to 512 KB per skb.

We did not hit this bug at Google because we use CONFIG_MAX_SKB_FRAGS=45 and limit gso_max_size to 180000.

A solution is to use higher order pages if needed.

v2: add missing __GFP_COMP, or we leak memory.

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  • Linux/Kernelllm-fuzzy3 versions
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    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 5.19
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.19,<6.1.29
  • osv-coords
    Range: >= 5.19.0, < 6.1.29

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