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CVE-2023-53462 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hsr: Fix uninit-value access in fill_frame_info() Syzbot reports the following uninit-value access problem. ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in fill_frame_info net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:601 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in hsr_forward_skb+0x9bd/0x30f0 net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:616 fill_frame_info net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:601 [inline] hsr_forward_skb+0x9bd/0x30f0 net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:616 hsr_dev_xmit+0x192/0x330 net/hsr/hsr_device.c:223 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4889 [inline] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4903 [inline] xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3544 [inline] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x247/0xa10 net/core/dev.c:3560 __dev_queue_xmit+0x34d0/0x52a0 net/core/dev.c:4340 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3082 [inline] packet_xmit+0x9c/0x6b0 net/packet/af_packet.c:276 packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3087 [inline] packet_sendmsg+0x8b1d/0x9f30 net/packet/af_packet.c:3119 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:753 [inline] __sys_sendto+0x781/0xa30 net/socket.c:2176 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2188 [inline] __se_sys_sen…

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2025-10-01
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-908

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel
  • linux / linux_kernel / 6.6

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Check exposure

  • Confirm the affected component, deployment paths, reachable interfaces, and enabled features from inventories and configuration, without probing production destructively.
  • Compare the advisory's affected conditions with the repository lockfiles, build manifests, artifacts, and runtime inventory.
  • Identify data sensitivity, trust boundaries, and privilege level for every confirmed affected deployment.

Remediate safely

  • Apply a vendor-supported fix or remove the affected component or feature; record the selected change and its source in the repository.
  • Update direct and transitive dependency locks, generated artifacts, deployment manifests, and asset inventories together.
  • Add a regression test for the documented unsafe condition using inert inputs and preserve rollback instructions.

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