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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2023-53657

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

ice: Don't tx before switchdev is fully configured

There is possibility that ice_eswitch_port_start_xmit might be called while some resources are still not allocated which might cause NULL pointer dereference. Fix this by checking if switchdev configuration was finished.

  • Published: Oct 7, 2025
  • Updated: Feb 4, 2026
  • CVE: CVE-2023-53657
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 5.16 6.1.55
linux / linux_kernel 6.2 6.5.5