In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: dcb: choose correct policy to parse DCB_ATTR_BCN
The dcbnl_bcn_setcfg uses erroneous policy to parse tb[DCB_ATTR_BCN],
which is introduced in commit 859ee3c43812 ("DCB: Add support for DCB
BCN"). Please see the comment in below code
static int dcbnl_bcn_setcfg(...)
{
...
ret = nla_parse_nested_deprecated(..., dcbnl_pfc_up_nest, .. )
// !!! dcbnl_pfc_up_nest for attributes
// DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_0 to DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_ALL in enum dcbnl_pfc_up_attrs
...
for (i = DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_0; i <= DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_7; i++) {
// !!! DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_0 to DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_7 in enum dcbnl_bcn_attrs
...
value_byte = nla_get_u8(data[i]);
...
}
...
for (i = DCB_BCN_ATTR_BCNA_0; i <= DCB_BCN_ATTR_RI; i++) {
// !!! DCB_BCN_ATTR_BCNA_0 to DCB_BCN_ATTR_RI in enum dcbnl_bcn_attrs
...
value_int = nla_get_u32(data[i]);
...
}
...
}
That is, the nla_parse_nested_deprecated uses dcbnl_pfc_up_nest
attributes to parse nlattr defined in dcbnl_pfc_up_attrs. But the
following access code fetch each nlattr as dcbnl_bcn_attrs attributes.
By looking up the associated nla_policy for dcbnl_bcn_attrs. We can find
the beginning part of these two policies are "same".
static const struct nla_policy dcbnl_pfc_up_nest[...] = {
[DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_0] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_1] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_2] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_3] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_4] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_5] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_6] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_7] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_ALL] = {.type = NLA_FLAG},
};
static const struct nla_policy dcbnl_bcn_nest[...] = {
[DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_0] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_1] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_2] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_3] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_4] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_5] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_6] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_7] = {.type = NLA_U8},
[DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_ALL] = {.type = NLA_FLAG},
// from here is somewhat different
[DCB_BCN_ATTR_BCNA_0] = {.type = NLA_U32},
...
[DCB_BCN_ATTR_ALL] = {.type = NLA_FLAG},
};
Therefore, the current code is buggy and this
nla_parse_nested_deprecated could overflow the dcbnl_pfc_up_nest and use
the adjacent nla_policy to parse attributes from DCB_BCN_ATTR_BCNA_0.
Hence use the correct policy dcbnl_bcn_nest to parse the nested
tb[DCB_ATTR_BCN] TLV.
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
12 Dec 2025, 19:23
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| First Time |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/199fde04bd875d28b3a5ca525eaaa004eec6e947 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31d49ba033095f6e8158c60f69714a500922e0c3 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b3dbedb8d4a0f9f7ce904d76b885438af2a21f9 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e309f43d0ca4051d20736c06a6f84bbddd881da - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0da2684db18dead3bcee12fb185e596e3d63c2b - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecff20e193207b44fdbfe64d7de89890f0a7fe6c - Patch |
18 Sep 2025, 14:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-09-18 14:15
Updated : 2025-12-12 19:23
NVD link : CVE-2023-53369
Mitre link : CVE-2023-53369
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-53369
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE