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
2026-04-11T12:46:46.059138Z
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"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.1.0
Fixed
4.14.322
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.15.0
Fixed
5.4.251
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.188
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.121
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.39
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.3.13
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.4.0
Fixed
6.4.4

Database specific

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