CVE-2023-53397

Published: Sep 18, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: modpost: fix off by one in is_executable_section() The > comparison should be >= to prevent an out of bounds array access.

Affected (7)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

1 product

Configuration A

7 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	4.1 ≤ version < 4.14.322
Linux Linux Kernel	4.15 ≤ version < 5.4.251
Linux Linux Kernel	5.11 ≤ version < 5.15.121
Linux Linux Kernel	5.16 ≤ version < 6.1.39
Linux Linux Kernel	5.5 ≤ version < 5.10.188
Linux Linux Kernel	6.2 ≤ version < 6.3.13
Linux Linux Kernel	6.4 ≤ version < 6.4.4

Related CWEs

Off-by-one Error

A product calculates or uses an incorrect maximum or minimum value that is 1 more, or 1 less, than the correct value.

References (8)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02dc8e8bdbe4412cfcf17ee3873e63fa5a55b957

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a3f1e573a105328a2cca45a7cfbebabbf5e3192

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e0424cd8a44b5f480feb06753cdf4e1f248d148

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ee557590bac154d324de446d1cd0444988bd511

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b2e77050b91199453bf19d0517b047b7339a9e3

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cade370efe2f9e2a79ea8587506ffe2b51ac6d2b

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb0cdca5c979bc34c27602e2039562932c2591a4

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd872d5576cc94528f427c7264c2c438928cc6d2

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

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