CVE-2023-53397

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Published 2024-11-12 · Modified 2024-11-12

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

5.5

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: modpost: fix off by one in is_executable_section() The > comparison should be >= to prevent an out of bounds array access.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53397

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53397.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9315

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
rhel	9	fixed
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`6.1.52-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.10.191-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.4.4-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.4.4-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.4.4-1`

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9315
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53397.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53397

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.