CVE-2023-53669 (GCVE-0-2023-53669)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-07 15:21
Modified
2026-10-15 21:41
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: fix skb_copy_ubufs() vs BIG TCP David Ahern reported crashes in skb_copy_ubufs() caused by TCP tx zerocopy using hugepages, and skb length bigger than ~68 KB. skb_copy_ubufs() assumed it could copy all payload using up to MAX_SKB_FRAGS order-0 pages. This assumption broke when BIG TCP was able to put up to 512 KB per skb. We did not hit this bug at Google because we use CONFIG_MAX_SKB_FRAGS=45 and limit gso_max_size to 180000. A solution is to use higher order pages if needed. v2: add missing __GFP_COMP, or we leak memory.
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Linux Linux Version: 7c4e983c4f3cf94fcd879730c6caa877e0768a4d
Version: 7c4e983c4f3cf94fcd879730c6caa877e0768a4d
Version: 7c4e983c4f3cf94fcd879730c6caa877e0768a4d
Version: 7c4e983c4f3cf94fcd879730c6caa877e0768a4d
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