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CVE-2023-53342: net: marvell: prestera: fix handling IPv4 routes with nhid

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 2aa71b4b294ee2c3041d085404cea914be9b3225, 8373dca3c1f8a203cecebe3421dbe890c4f08e16, a3e5f3b7f25d7b90f3b76d98a946fec6e5f79216.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 2aa71b4b294ee2c3041d085404cea914be9b3225, 8373dca3c1f8a203cecebe3421dbe890c4f08e16, a3e5f3b7f25d7b90f3b76d98a946fec6e5f79216 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: marvell: prestera: fix handling IPv4 routes with nhid Fix handling IPv4 routes referencing a nexthop via its id by replacing calls to fib_info_nh() with fib_info_nhc(). Trying to add an IPv4 route referencing a nextop via nhid: $ ip link set up swp5 $ ip a a 10.0.0.1/24 dev swp5 $ ip nexthop add dev swp5 id 20 via 10.0.0.2 $ ip route add 10.0.1.0/24 nhid 20 triggers warnings when trying to handle the route: [ 528.805763] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 528.810437] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 53 at include/net/nexthop.h:468 __prestera_fi_is_direct+0x2c/0x68 [prestera] [ 528.820434] Modules linked in: prestera_pci act_gact act_police sch_ingress cls_u32 cls_flower prestera arm64_delta_tn48m_dn_led(O) arm64_delta_tn48m_dn_cpld(O) [last unloaded: prestera_pci] [ 528.837485] CPU: 3 PID: 53 Comm: kworker/u8:3 Tainted: G O 6.4.5 #1 [ 528.845178] Hardware name: delta,tn48m-dn (DT) [ 528.849641] Workqueue: prestera_ordered __prestera_router_fib_event_work [prestera] [ 528.857352] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 528.864347] pc : __prestera_fi_is_direct+0x2c/0x68 [prestera] [ 528.870135] lr : prestera_k_arb_fib_evt+0xb20/0xd50 [prestera] [ 528.876007] sp : ffff80000b20bc90 [ 528.879336] x29: ffff80000b20bc90 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff0001374d3a48 [ 528.886510] x26: ffff000105604000 x25: ffff000134af8a28 x24: ffff0001374d3800 [ 528.893683] x23: ffff000101c89148 x22: ffff000101c89000 x21: ffff000101c89200 [ 528.900855] x20: ffff00013641fda0 x19: ffff800009d01088 x18: 0000000000000059 [ 528.908027] x17: 0000000000000277 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 [ 528.915198] x14: 0000000000000003 x13: 00000000000fe400 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 528.922371] x11: 0000000000000002 x10: 0000000000000aa0 x9 : ffff8000013d2020 [ 528.929543] x8 : 0000000000000018 x7 : 000000007b1703f8 x6 : 000000001ca72f86 [ 528.936715] x5 : 0000000033399ea7 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff0001374d3acc [ 528.943886] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff00010200de00 x0 : ffff000134ae3f80 [ 528.951058] Call trace: [ 528.953516] __prestera_fi_is_direct+0x2c/0x68 [prestera] [ 528.958952] __prestera_router_fib_event_work+0x100/0x158 [prestera] [ 528.965348] process_one_work+0x208/0x488 [ 528.969387] worker_thread+0x4c/0x430 [ 528.973068] kthread+0x120/0x138 [ 528.976313] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [ 528.979909] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [ 528.984998] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 528.989645] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 53 at include/net/nexthop.h:468 __prestera_fi_is_direct+0x2c/0x68 [prestera] [ 528.999628] Modules linked in: prestera_pci act_gact act_police sch_ingress cls_u32 cls_flower prestera arm64_delta_tn48m_dn_led(O) arm64_delta_tn48m_dn_cpld(O) [last unloaded: prestera_pci] [ 529.016676] CPU: 3 PID: 53 Comm: kworker/u8:3 Tainted: G W O 6.4.5 #1 [ 529.024368] Hardware name: delta,tn48m-dn (DT) [ 529.028830] Workqueue: prestera_ordered __prestera_router_fib_event_work [prestera] [ 529.036539] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 529.043533] pc : __prestera_fi_is_direct+0x2c/0x68 [prestera] [ 529.049318] lr : __prestera_k_arb_fc_apply+0x280/0x2f8 [prestera] [ 529.055452] sp : ffff80000b20bc60 [ 529.058781] x29: ffff80000b20bc60 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff0001374d3a48 [ 529.065953] x26: ffff000105604000 x25: ffff000134af8a28 x24: ffff0001374d3800 [ 529.073126] x23: ffff000101c89148 x22: ffff000101c89148 x21: ffff00013641fda0 [ 529.080299] x20: ffff000101c89000 x19: ffff000101c89020 x18: 0000000000000059 [ 529.087471] x17: 0000000000000277 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 [ 529.094642] x14: 0000000000000003 x13: 00000000000fe400 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 529.101814] x11: 0000000000000002 x10: 0000000000000aa0 x9 : ffff8000013cee80 [ 529.108985] x8 : 0000000000000018 x7 : 000000007b1703f8 x6 ---truncated---

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 17, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 9th percentile
CWE
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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Affected systems

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel6.1 and later · before 6.1.46
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.4.11
  • linux linux kernel6.5

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 6.1affected
    • 396b80cb5cc8006a488ea25ef84fae245dc1b43c and later · before a3e5f3b7f25d7b90f3b76d98a946fec6e5f79216affected · git
    • 396b80cb5cc8006a488ea25ef84fae245dc1b43c and later · before 8373dca3c1f8a203cecebe3421dbe890c4f08e16affected · git
    • 396b80cb5cc8006a488ea25ef84fae245dc1b43c and later · before 2aa71b4b294ee2c3041d085404cea914be9b3225affected · git
    • before 6.1not affected · semver
    • 6.1.46 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
    • 6.4.11 and later · up to and including 6.4.*not affected · semver
    • 6.5 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.52-16.1.52-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.4.11-16.4.11-1

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

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  • Later →CVE-2023-53343Sep 17, 2025 · icmp6: Fix null-ptr-deref of ip6_null_entry->rt6i_idev in icmp6_dev().
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux2aa71b4b294ee2c3041d085404cea914be9b3225Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux8373dca3c1f8a203cecebe3421dbe890c4f08e16Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxa3e5f3b7f25d7b90f3b76d98a946fec6e5f79216Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.52-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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