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CVE-2023-53987

UNKNOWN · CVSS N/A EPSS 0.17%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2025-12-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This vulnerability has an unknown severity rating. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2023-53987
Severity
UNKNOWN
CVSS
N/A
EPSS
0.17%
Linux

Original NVD Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ping: Fix potentail NULL deref for /proc/net/icmp. After commit dbca1596bbb0 ("ping: convert to RCU lookups, get rid of rwlock"), we use RCU for ping sockets, but we should use spinlock for /proc/net/icmp to avoid a potential NULL deref mentioned in the previous patch. Let's go back to using spinlock there. Note we can convert ping sockets to use hlist instead of hlist_nulls because we do not use SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU for ping sockets.