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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CVE-2023-53863 is recorded against 2 packages.
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.
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)
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Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| kernel | 6.4.0 | 6.4.4 |
| unknown | — | — |
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