Name: CVE-2023-53657: NULL Pointer Dereference
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2025-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2023-53657, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00013

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

ice: Don't tx before switchdev is fully configured

There is possibility that ice_eswitch_port_start_xmit might be called while some resources are still not allocated which might cause NULL pointer dereference. Fix this by checking if switchdev configuration was finished.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade linux	Oct 9, 2025	Oct 9, 2025
Redhat_linux	—	Upgrade kernel-rtNo solution existsUpgrade kernel	Nov 14, 2025	Oct 7, 2025

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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