CVE-2023-53397

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53397
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53397.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53397
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-09-18T13:33:38.093Z
Modified
2026-03-20T12:33:08.220270Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
modpost: fix off by one in is_executable_section()
Details

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

modpost: fix off by one in isexecutablesection()

The > comparison should be >= to prevent an out of bounds array access.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53397.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
52dc0595d540155436d91811f929bdc8afd6a2a1
Fixed
7ee557590bac154d324de446d1cd0444988bd511
Fixed
02dc8e8bdbe4412cfcf17ee3873e63fa5a55b957
Fixed
cb0cdca5c979bc34c27602e2039562932c2591a4
Fixed
5e0424cd8a44b5f480feb06753cdf4e1f248d148
Fixed
dd872d5576cc94528f427c7264c2c438928cc6d2
Fixed
cade370efe2f9e2a79ea8587506ffe2b51ac6d2b
Fixed
8b2e77050b91199453bf19d0517b047b7339a9e3
Fixed
3a3f1e573a105328a2cca45a7cfbebabbf5e3192

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53397.json"