{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53679 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-53679 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 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-2023-53679 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-53679 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 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-2023-53679 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-2023-53679/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53679/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-53679","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53679/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-53679","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2023-53679","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53679","GHSA-w427-vv2j-48v6","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53679"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel driver","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An attacker can cause a kernel crash via integer underflow in the mt7601u WiFi driver, leading to a null pointer dereference.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"integer_overflow"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":8.3,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-191","name":"Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt7601u: fix an integer underflow\n\nFix an integer underflow that leads to a null pointer dereference in\n'mt7601u_rx_skb_from_seg()'. The variable 'dma_len' in the URB packet\ncould be manipulated, which could trigger an integer underflow of\n'seg_len' in 'mt7601u_rx_process_seg()'. This underflow subsequently\ncauses the 'bad_frame' checks in 'mt7601u_rx_skb_from_seg()' to be\nbypassed, eventually leading to a dereference of the pointer 'p', which\nis a null pointer.\n\nEnsure that 'dma_len' is greater than 'min_seg_len'.\n\nFound by a modified version of syzkaller.\n\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f]\nCPU: 0 PID: 12 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Tainted: G        W  O      5.14.0+\n#139\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS\nrel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:skb_add_rx_frag+0x143/0x370\nCode: e2 07 83 c2 03 38 ca 7c 08 84 c9 0f 85 86 01 00 00 4c 8d 7d 08 44\n89 68 08 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 \u003c80\u003e 3c 02\n00 0f 85 cd 01 00 00 48 8b 45 08 a8 01 0f 85 3d 01 00 00\nRSP: 0018:ffffc900000cfc90 EFLAGS: 00010202\nRAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff888115520dc0 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffff8881118430c0 RDI: ffff8881118430f8\nRBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000e09 R09: 0000000000000010\nR10: ffff888111843017 R11: ffffed1022308602 R12: 0000000000000000\nR13: 0000000000000e09 R14: 0000000000000010 R15: 0000000000000008\nFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88811a800000(0000)\nknlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 000000004035af40 CR3: 00000001157f2000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nPKRU: 55555554\nCall Trace:\n mt7601u_rx_tasklet+0xc73/0x1270\n ? mt7601u_submit_rx_buf.isra.0+0x510/0x510\n ? tasklet_action_common.isra.0+0x79/0x2f0\n tasklet_action_common.isra.0+0x206/0x2f0\n __do_softirq+0x1b5/0x880\n ? tasklet_unlock+0x30/0x30\n run_ksoftirqd+0x26/0x50\n smpboot_thread_fn+0x34f/0x7d0\n ? smpboot_register_percpu_thread+0x370/0x370\n kthread+0x3a1/0x480\n ? set_kthread_struct+0x120/0x120\n ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30\nModules linked in: 88XXau(O) 88x2bu(O)\n---[ end trace 57f34f93b4da0f9b ]---\nRIP: 0010:skb_add_rx_frag+0x143/0x370\nCode: e2 07 83 c2 03 38 ca 7c 08 84 c9 0f 85 86 01 00 00 4c 8d 7d 08 44\n89 68 08 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 \u003c80\u003e 3c 02\n00 0f 85 cd 01 00 00 48 8b 45 08 a8 01 0f 85 3d 01 00 00\nRSP: 0018:ffffc900000cfc90 EFLAGS: 00010202\nRAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff888115520dc0 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffff8881118430c0 RDI: ffff8881118430f8\nRBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000e09 R09: 0000000000000010\nR10: ffff888111843017 R11: ffffed1022308602 R12: 0000000000000000\nR13: 0000000000000e09 R14: 0000000000000010 R15: 0000000000000008\nFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88811a800000(0000)\nknlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 000000004035af40 CR3: 00000001157f2000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nPKRU: 55555554","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":"wifi: mt7601u: fix an integer underflow","id":"CVE-2023-53679","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"integer_overflow","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"NFSD: Avoid calling OPDESC() with ops-\u003eopnum == OP_ILLEGAL","id":"CVE-2023-53680"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"drm/i915: Fix system suspend without fbdev being initialized","id":"CVE-2023-53678"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-10-07","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":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-15","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"An attacker can cause a kernel crash via integer underflow in the mt7601u WiFi driver, leading to a null pointer dereference.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53679/"}