In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix out-of-bounds access in ipv6_find_tlv() optlen is fetched without checking whether there is more than one byte to parse. It can lead to out-of-bounds access. Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
History

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix out-of-bounds access in ipv6_find_tlv() optlen is fetched without checking whether there is more than one byte to parse. It can lead to out-of-bounds access. Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Title ipv6: Fix out-of-bounds access in ipv6_find_tlv()
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-10-22T13:23:42.641Z

Updated: 2025-10-22T13:23:42.641Z

Reserved: 2025-10-22T13:21:37.346Z

Link: CVE-2023-53705

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-22T14:15:45.080

Modified: 2025-10-22T21:12:48.953

Link: CVE-2023-53705

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-10-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53705 - Bugzilla