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🛡️ CVE-2023-53192 — kernel

🔴 CVSS 9.8 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
9.8
CVSS Score
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Description

vxlan: Fix nexthop hash size

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

vxlan: Fix nexthop hash size

The nexthop code expects a 31 bit hash, such as what is returned by

fib_multipath_hash() and rt6_multipath_hash(). Passing the 32 bit hash

returned by skb_get_hash() can lead to problems related to the fact that

'int hash' is a negative number when the MSB is set.

In the case of hash threshold nexthop groups, nexthop_select_path_hthr()

will disproportionately select the first nexthop group entry. In the case

of resilient nexthop groups, nexthop_select_path_res() may do an out of

bounds access in nh_buckets[], for example:

hash = -912054133

num_nh_buckets = 2

bucket_index = 65535

which leads to the following panic:

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc900025910c8

PGD 100000067 P4D 100000067 PUD 10026b067 PMD 0

Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI

CPU: 4 PID: 856 Comm: kworker/4:3 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc2+ #34

Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/01/2014

Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_dad_work

RIP: 0010:nexthop_select_path+0x197/0xbf0

Code: c1 e4 05 be 08 00 00 00 4c 8b 35 a4 14 7e 01 4e 8d 6c 25 00 4a 8d 7c 25 08 48 01 dd e8 c2 25 15 ff 49 8d 7d 08 e8 39 13 15 ff <4d> 89 75 08 48 89 ef e8 7d 12 15 ff 48 8b 5d 00 e8 14 55 2f 00 85

RSP: 0018:ffff88810c36f260 EFLAGS: 00010246

RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000002000c0 RCX: ffffffffaf02dd77

RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffc900025910c8

RBP: ffffc900025910c0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffff520004b2219

R10: ffffc900025910cf R11: 31392d2068736168 R12: 00000000002000c0

R13: ffffc900025910c0 R14: 00000000fffef608 R15: ffff88811840e900

FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881f7000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000

CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033

CR2: ffffc900025910c8 CR3: 0000000129d00000 CR4: 0000000000750ee0

PKRU: 55555554

Call Trace:

<TASK>

? __die+0x23/0x70

? page_fault_oops+0x1ee/0x5c0

? __pfx_is_prefetch.constprop.0+0x10/0x10

? __pfx_page_fault_oops+0x10/0x10

? search_bpf_extables+0xfe/0x1c0

? fixup_exception+0x3b/0x470

? exc_page_fault+0xf6/0x110

? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30

? nexthop_select_path+0x197/0xbf0

? nexthop_select_path+0x197/0xbf0

? lock_is_held_type+0xe7/0x140

vxlan_xmit+0x5b2/0x2340

? __lock_acquire+0x92b/0x3370

? __pfx_vxlan_xmit+0x10/0x10

? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10

? __pfx_register_lock_class+0x10/0x10

? skb_network_protocol+0xce/0x2d0

? dev_hard_start_xmit+0xca/0x350

? __pfx_vxlan_xmit+0x10/0x10

dev_hard_start_xmit+0xca/0x350

__dev_queue_xmit+0x513/0x1e20

? __pfx___dev_queue_xmit+0x10/0x10

? __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10

? mark_held_locks+0x44/0x90

? skb_push+0x4c/0x80

? eth_header+0x81/0xe0

? __pfx_eth_header+0x10/0x10

? neigh_resolve_output+0x215/0x310

? ip6_finish_output2+0x2ba/0xc90

ip6_finish_output2+0x2ba/0xc90

? lock_release+0x236/0x3e0

? ip6_mtu+0xbb/0x240

? __pfx_ip6_finish_output2+0x10/0x10

? find_held_lock+0x83/0xa0

? lock_is_held_type+0xe7/0x140

ip6_finish_output+0x1ee/0x780

ip6_output+0x138/0x460

? __pfx_ip6_output+0x10/0x10

? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10

? __pfx_ip6_finish_output+0x10/0x10

NF_HOOK.constprop.0+0xc0/0x420

? __pfx_NF_HOOK.constprop.0+0x10/0x10

? ndisc_send_skb+0x2c0/0x960

? __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10

? __local_bh_enable_ip+0x93/0x110

? lock_is_held_type+0xe7/0x140

ndisc_send_skb+0x4be/0x960

? __pfx_ndisc_send_skb+0x10/0x10

? mark_held_locks+0x65/0x90

? find_held_lock+0x83/0xa0

ndisc_send_ns+0xb0/0x110

? __pfx_ndisc_send_ns+0x10/0x10

addrconf_dad_work+0x631/0x8e0

? lock_acquire+0x180/0x3f0

? __pfx_addrconf_dad_work+0x10/0x10

? mark_held_locks+0x24/0x90

process_one_work+0x582/0x9c0

? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10

? __pfx_do_raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10

? mark_held_locks+0x24/0x90

worker_thread+0x93/0x630

? __kthread_parkme+0xdc/0x100

? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10

kthread+0x1a5/0x1e0

? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10

ret_from_fork+0x34/0x60

---truncated---

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2023-53192 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.2.0 up to 6.4.10)
  • linux-kernel

Timeline and source

Published on 15 September 2025 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

Other advisories for this package

kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2023-53192 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Critical
CVSS Score 9.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-09-15
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.2.0 6.4.10
linux-kernel — —

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