CVE-2023-53397 (GCVE-0-2023-53397)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-18 13:33 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:44
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
modpost: fix off by one in is_executable_section()
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-14 19:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-193 - Off-by-one Error
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
52dc0595d540155436d91811f929bdc8afd6a2a1 , < 7ee557590bac154d324de446d1cd0444988bd511
(git)
Affected: 52dc0595d540155436d91811f929bdc8afd6a2a1 , < 02dc8e8bdbe4412cfcf17ee3873e63fa5a55b957 (git) Affected: 52dc0595d540155436d91811f929bdc8afd6a2a1 , < cb0cdca5c979bc34c27602e2039562932c2591a4 (git) Affected: 52dc0595d540155436d91811f929bdc8afd6a2a1 , < 5e0424cd8a44b5f480feb06753cdf4e1f248d148 (git) Affected: 52dc0595d540155436d91811f929bdc8afd6a2a1 , < dd872d5576cc94528f427c7264c2c438928cc6d2 (git) Affected: 52dc0595d540155436d91811f929bdc8afd6a2a1 , < cade370efe2f9e2a79ea8587506ffe2b51ac6d2b (git) Affected: 52dc0595d540155436d91811f929bdc8afd6a2a1 , < 8b2e77050b91199453bf19d0517b047b7339a9e3 (git) Affected: 52dc0595d540155436d91811f929bdc8afd6a2a1 , < 3a3f1e573a105328a2cca45a7cfbebabbf5e3192 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
4.1
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.1 (semver) Unaffected: 4.14.322 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.251 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.188 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.121 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.39 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.3.13 , ≤ 6.3.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.4.4 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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