CVE-2023-53338

HIGHNVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-09-17. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

lwt: Fix return values of BPF xmit ops

BPF encap ops can return different types of positive values, such like NET_RX_DROP, NET_XMIT_CN, NETDEV_TX_BUSY, and so on, from function skb_do_redirect and bpf_lwt_xmit_reroute. At the xmit hook, such return values would be treated implicitly as LWTUNNEL_XMIT_CONTINUE in ip(6)_finish_output2. When this happens, skbs that have been freed would continue to the neighbor subsystem, causing use-after-free bug and kernel crashes.

To fix the incorrect behavior, skb_do_redirect return values can be simply discarded, the same as tc-egress behavior. On the other hand, bpf_lwt_xmit_reroute returns useful errors to local senders, e.g. PMTU information. Thus convert its return values to avoid the conflict with LWTUNNEL_XMIT_CONTINUE.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
40%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 17, 2025

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Aug 4, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

lwt: Fix return values of BPF xmit ops - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29b22badb7a84b783e3a4fffca16f7768fb31205
generic

lwt: Fix return values of BPF xmit ops - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65583f9e070db7bece20710cfa2e3daeb0b831d9
generic

lwt: Fix return values of BPF xmit ops - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d68c17402442f5f494a2c3ebde5cb82f6aa9160a
generic

lwt: Fix return values of BPF xmit ops - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/065d5f17096ec9161180e2c890afdff4dc6125f2
generic

lwt: Fix return values of BPF xmit ops - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3f647e4b642f9f6d32795a16f92c116c138d2af
generic

lwt: Fix return values of BPF xmit ops - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a97f221651fcdc891166e9bc270e3d9bfa5a0080
generic

lwt: Fix return values of BPF xmit ops - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67f8f2bae8e7ac72e09def2b667e44704c4d1ee1

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-53338(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_42024-04-30redhat
linuxKernel @ 5.4.257osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-53338?
CVE-2023-53338 is a high vulnerability published on September 17, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lwt: Fix return values of BPF xmit ops BPF encap ops can return different types of positive values, such like NETRXDROP, NETXMITCN, NETDEVTXBUSY, and so on, from function skbdoredirect and bpflwtxmit_reroute. At the xmit hook, such…
When was CVE-2023-53338 disclosed?
CVE-2023-53338 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 17, 2025, with the most recent update on August 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-53338 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-53338 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 59.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-53338?
CVE-2023-53338 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2023-53338?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-53338, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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