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🛡️ CVE-2023-53863 — kernel

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
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Description

netlink: do not hard code device address lenth in fdb dumps

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

netlink: do not hard code device address lenth in fdb dumps

syzbot reports that some netdev devices do not have a six bytes

address [1]

Replace ETH_ALEN by dev->addr_len.

[1] (Case of a device where dev->addr_len = 4)

BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline]

BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in copyout+0xb8/0x100 lib/iov_iter.c:169

instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline]

copyout+0xb8/0x100 lib/iov_iter.c:169

_copy_to_iter+0x6d8/0x1d00 lib/iov_iter.c:536

copy_to_iter include/linux/uio.h:206 [inline]

simple_copy_to_iter+0x68/0xa0 net/core/datagram.c:513

__skb_datagram_iter+0x123/0xdc0 net/core/datagram.c:419

skb_copy_datagram_iter+0x5c/0x200 net/core/datagram.c:527

skb_copy_datagram_msg include/linux/skbuff.h:3960 [inline]

netlink_recvmsg+0x4ae/0x15a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1970

sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1019 [inline]

sock_recvmsg net/socket.c:1040 [inline]

____sys_recvmsg+0x283/0x7f0 net/socket.c:2722

___sys_recvmsg+0x223/0x840 net/socket.c:2764

do_recvmmsg+0x4f9/0xfd0 net/socket.c:2858

__sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2937 [inline]

__do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2960 [inline]

__se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2953 [inline]

__x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x397/0x490 net/socket.c:2953

do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]

do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Uninit was stored to memory at:

__nla_put lib/nlattr.c:1009 [inline]

nla_put+0x1c6/0x230 lib/nlattr.c:1067

nlmsg_populate_fdb_fill+0x2b8/0x600 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4071

nlmsg_populate_fdb net/core/rtnetlink.c:4418 [inline]

ndo_dflt_fdb_dump+0x616/0x840 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4456

rtnl_fdb_dump+0x14ff/0x1fc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4629

netlink_dump+0x9d1/0x1310 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2268

netlink_recvmsg+0xc5c/0x15a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1995

sock_recvmsg_nosec+0x7a/0x120 net/socket.c:1019

____sys_recvmsg+0x664/0x7f0 net/socket.c:2720

___sys_recvmsg+0x223/0x840 net/socket.c:2764

do_recvmmsg+0x4f9/0xfd0 net/socket.c:2858

__sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2937 [inline]

__do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2960 [inline]

__se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:2953 [inline]

__x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x397/0x490 net/socket.c:2953

do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]

do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Uninit was created at:

slab_post_alloc_hook+0x12d/0xb60 mm/slab.h:716

slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3451 [inline]

__kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x4ff/0x8b0 mm/slub.c:3490

kmalloc_trace+0x51/0x200 mm/slab_common.c:1057

kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:559 [inline]

__hw_addr_create net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:60 [inline]

__hw_addr_add_ex+0x2e5/0x9e0 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:118

__dev_mc_add net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:867 [inline]

dev_mc_add+0x9a/0x130 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:885

igmp6_group_added+0x267/0xbc0 net/ipv6/mcast.c:680

ipv6_mc_up+0x296/0x3b0 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2754

ipv6_mc_remap+0x1e/0x30 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2708

addrconf_type_change net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3731 [inline]

addrconf_notify+0x4d3/0x1d90 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3699

notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:93 [inline]

raw_notifier_call_chain+0xe4/0x430 kernel/notifier.c:461

call_netdevice_notifiers_info net/core/dev.c:1935 [inline]

call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:1973 [inline]

call_netdevice_notifiers+0x1ee/0x2d0 net/core/dev.c:1987

bond_enslave+0xccd/0x53f0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:1906

do_set_master net/core/rtnetlink.c:2626 [inline]

rtnl_newlink_create net/core/rtnetlink.c:3460 [inline]

__rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3660 [inline]

rtnl_newlink+0x378c/0x40e0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3673

rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x16a6/0x1840 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6395

netlink_rcv_skb+0x371/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2546

rtnetlink_rcv+0x34/0x40 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6413

netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339 [inline]

netlink_unicast+0xf28/0x1230 net/netlink/af_

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Affected software

CVE-2023-53863 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.4.0 up to 6.4.4)
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 9 December 2025 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. 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)
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-2023-53863 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-12-09
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.4.0 6.4.4
unknown — —

References

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