PT-2025-18822 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5

Published 2023-11-07 · Updated 2026-01-28 · CVE-2023-53058

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved, specifically in the net/mlx5 component related to E-Switch. The issue involves an error in error handling code where it dereferences vport. If vport is an error pointer, the only action that can be taken is returning the error code.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880

BDU:2025-14129

CESA-2023_7077

CVE-2023-53058

RHSA-2023:6583

RHSA-2023:7077

RHSA-2023_6583

RHSA-2023_7077

SUSE-SU-2025:01918-1

SUSE-SU-2025:01966-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02262-1

SUSE-SU-2025:2173-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02173-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02262-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Red Os

Suse

References · 453

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53058.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53058 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4c977935b2fc60084b3735737d17a06e7ba1bd0 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-14129 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53058 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/640fcdbcf27fc62de9223f958ceb4e897a00e791 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a9853a7437a22fd849347008fb3c85087906b56 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eadc80328298ef7beaaf0cd96791667d3b485ca · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:01966-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/388188fb58bef9e7f3ca4f8970f03d493b66909f · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02262-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:01918-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53058 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53058 · Security Note