{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53601 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-53601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-53601 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-53601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53601 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53601/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53601/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-53601","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53601/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-53601","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2023-53601","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53601","GHSA-cqg2-m42r-rqrx","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53601"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel bonding","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel bonding driver can cause a system crash when processing network packets.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbonding: do not assume skb mac_header is set\n\nDrivers must not assume in their ndo_start_xmit() that\nskbs have their mac_header set. skb-\u003edata is all what is needed.\n\nbonding seems to be one of the last offender as caught by syzbot:\n\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 12155 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2907 skb_mac_offset include/linux/skbuff.h:2913 [inline]\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 12155 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2907 bond_xmit_hash drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:4170 [inline]\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 12155 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2907 bond_xmit_3ad_xor_slave_get drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5149 [inline]\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 12155 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2907 bond_3ad_xor_xmit drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5186 [inline]\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 12155 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2907 __bond_start_xmit drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5442 [inline]\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 12155 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2907 bond_start_xmit+0x14ab/0x19d0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5470\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 1 PID: 12155 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 6.1.30-syzkaller #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/25/2023\nRIP: 0010:skb_mac_header include/linux/skbuff.h:2907 [inline]\nRIP: 0010:skb_mac_offset include/linux/skbuff.h:2913 [inline]\nRIP: 0010:bond_xmit_hash drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:4170 [inline]\nRIP: 0010:bond_xmit_3ad_xor_slave_get drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5149 [inline]\nRIP: 0010:bond_3ad_xor_xmit drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5186 [inline]\nRIP: 0010:__bond_start_xmit drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5442 [inline]\nRIP: 0010:bond_start_xmit+0x14ab/0x19d0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5470\nCode: 8b 7c 24 30 e8 76 dd 1a 01 48 85 c0 74 0d 48 89 c3 e8 29 67 2e fe e9 15 ef ff ff e8 1f 67 2e fe e9 10 ef ff ff e8 15 67 2e fe \u003c0f\u003e 0b e9 45 f8 ff ff e8 09 67 2e fe e9 dc fa ff ff e8 ff 66 2e fe\nRSP: 0018:ffffc90002fff6e0 EFLAGS: 00010283\nRAX: ffffffff835874db RBX: 000000000000ffff RCX: 0000000000040000\nRDX: ffffc90004dcf000 RSI: 00000000000000b5 RDI: 00000000000000b6\nRBP: ffffc90002fff8b8 R08: ffffffff83586d16 R09: ffffffff83586584\nR10: 0000000000000007 R11: ffff8881599fc780 R12: ffff88811b6a7b7e\nR13: 1ffff110236d4f6f R14: ffff88811b6a7ac0 R15: 1ffff110236d4f76\nFS: 00007f2e9eb47700(0000) GS:ffff8881f6b00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 0000001b2e421000 CR3: 000000010e6d4000 CR4: 00000000003526e0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nCall Trace:\n\u003cTASK\u003e\n[\u003cffffffff8471a49f\u003e] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4925 [inline]\n[\u003cffffffff8471a49f\u003e] __dev_direct_xmit+0x4ef/0x850 net/core/dev.c:4380\n[\u003cffffffff851d845b\u003e] dev_direct_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3043 [inline]\n[\u003cffffffff851d845b\u003e] packet_direct_xmit+0x18b/0x300 net/packet/af_packet.c:284\n[\u003cffffffff851c7472\u003e] packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3112 [inline]\n[\u003cffffffff851c7472\u003e] packet_sendmsg+0x4a22/0x64d0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3143\n[\u003cffffffff8467a4b2\u003e] sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:716 [inline]\n[\u003cffffffff8467a4b2\u003e] sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:736 [inline]\n[\u003cffffffff8467a4b2\u003e] __sys_sendto+0x472/0x5f0 net/socket.c:2139\n[\u003cffffffff8467a715\u003e] __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2151 [inline]\n[\u003cffffffff8467a715\u003e] __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2147 [inline]\n[\u003cffffffff8467a715\u003e] __x64_sys_sendto+0xe5/0x100 net/socket.c:2147\n[\u003cffffffff8553071f\u003e] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]\n[\u003cffffffff8553071f\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x2f/0x50 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80\n[\u003cffffffff85600087\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"bonding: do not assume skb mac_header is set","id":"CVE-2023-53601","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"wifi: ath11k: fix memory leak in WMI firmware stats","id":"CVE-2023-53602"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"tunnels: fix kasan splat when generating ipv4 pmtu error","id":"CVE-2023-53600"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-10-04","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel bonding driver can cause a system crash when processing network packets.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53601/"}