CVE-2023-53716

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix skb leak in __skb_tstamp_tx() Commit 50749f2dd685 ("tcp/udp: Fix memleaks of sk and zerocopy skbs with TX timestamp.") added a call to skb_orphan_frags_rx() to fix leaks with zerocopy skbs. But it ended up adding a leak of its own. When skb_orphan_frags_rx() fails, the function just returns, leaking the skb it just cloned. Free it before returning. This bug was discovered and resolved using Coverity Static Analysis Security Testing (SAST) by Synopsys, Inc.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4d928c00254cfc9dd0ee7076f4a59bceec675f4

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e06841a2abf9c82735cee39e88b1d79464088840

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc18b4685910d5d9de8314bae9c55790701b1811

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a594382ec6d0cc8cff5a8bc7e61b54e3858fb243

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a02fb71d7192ff1a9a47c9d937624966c6e09af

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82501f1ead557cbee1c2467654ec109a80334d22

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/779332447108545ef04682ea29af5f85c0202aee

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58766252f6b2c0487cda6976a53d2bb03ae28e2a

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-10-22

Updated: 2025-10-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00024