CVE-2023-53726

  • Published: 2025-10-22T14:15:47.837
  • Last modified: 1761167568

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

arm64: csum: Fix OoB access in IP checksum code for negative lengths

Although commit c2c24edb1d9c (“arm64: csum: Fix pathological zero-length
calls”) added an early return for zero-length input, syzkaller has
popped up with an example of a _negative_ length which causes an
undefined shift and an out-of-bounds read:

| BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in do_csum+0x44/0x254 arch/arm64/lib/csum.c:39
| Read of size 4294966928 at addr ffff0000d7ac0170 by task syz-executor412/5975
|
| CPU: 0 PID: 5975 Comm: syz-executor412 Not tainted 6.4.0-rc4-syzkaller-g908f31f2a05b #0
| Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/25/2023
| Call trace:
| dump_backtrace+0x1b8/0x1e4 arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:233
| show_stack+0x2c/0x44 arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:240
| __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
| dump_stack_lvl+0xd0/0x124 lib/dump_stack.c:106
| print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:351 [inline]
| print_report+0x174/0x514 mm/kasan/report.c:462
| kasan_report+0xd4/0x130 mm/kasan/report.c:572
| kasan_check_range+0x264/0x2a4 mm/kasan/generic.c:187
| __kasan_check_read+0x20/0x30 mm/kasan/shadow.c:31
| do_csum+0x44/0x254 arch/arm64/lib/csum.c:39
| csum_partial+0x30/0x58 lib/checksum.c:128
| gso_make_checksum include/linux/skbuff.h:4928 [inline]
| __udp_gso_segment+0xaf4/0x1bc4 net/ipv4/udp_offload.c:332
| udp6_ufo_fragment+0x540/0xca0 net/ipv6/udp_offload.c:47
| ipv6_gso_segment+0x5cc/0x1760 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:119
| skb_mac_gso_segment+0x2b4/0x5b0 net/core/gro.c:141
| __skb_gso_segment+0x250/0x3d0 net/core/dev.c:3401
| skb_gso_segment include/linux/netdevice.h:4859 [inline]
| validate_xmit_skb+0x364/0xdbc net/core/dev.c:3659
| validate_xmit_skb_list+0x94/0x130 net/core/dev.c:3709
| sch_direct_xmit+0xe8/0x548 net/sched/sch_generic.c:327
| __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3805 [inline]
| __dev_queue_xmit+0x147c/0x3318 net/core/dev.c:4210
| dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3085 [inline]
| packet_xmit+0x6c/0x318 net/packet/af_packet.c:276
| packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3081 [inline]
| packet_sendmsg+0x376c/0x4c98 net/packet/af_packet.c:3113
| sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:724 [inline]
| sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:747 [inline]
| __sys_sendto+0x3b4/0x538 net/socket.c:2144

Extend the early return to reject negative lengths as well, aligning our
implementation with the generic code in lib/checksum.c

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How to fix CVE-2023-53726

CVE-2023-53726 is a unknown severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: csum: Fix OoB access in IP checksum code for negative lengths Although commit c2c24edb1d9c (“arm64: csum: Fix pathological zero-length calls”) added an early return for zero-length input, syzkaller has popped up with an example of a _negative_ length which causes an undefined shift and […]

Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public

How to Fix:

1 Identify affected systems

- Check if you're running the affected product

2 Immediate actions

- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access

3 Verification

- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)

4 Long-term prevention

- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations

Exploit Difficulty Assessment

HARD
⏱️ Time to Exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Skills Required: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public Exploits: Rare or not public

Vulnerability Timeline

Oct 22, 2025
Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Jan 01, 1970
Last Modified

CVE details were updated

Oct 28, 2025
Imported to Database

Added to this CVE tracking system

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