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CVE-2023-23455 json

atm_tc_enqueue in net/sched/sch_atm.c in the Linux kernel through 6.1.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service because of type confu…

published 2023-01-12 3 y ago modified 2026-10-14 25 d ago also EUVD-2023-27555

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

atm_tc_enqueue in net/sched/sch_atm.c in the Linux kernel through 6.1.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service because of type confusion (non-negative numbers can sometimes indicate a TC_ACT_SHOT condition rather than valid classification results).

Patch / fix

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem V1.1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.1.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23455

  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-208.220
  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-144.161
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-69.76
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1153.166
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1097.105
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1033.37
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1101.110
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1031.38

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23455

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • perf rhev hypervisor 4.4, RHEL 8.6 EUS 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6
  • kernel RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • bpftool RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • kernel-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • kernel-tools RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • python3-perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • kernel-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:0724RHSA-2023:7077RHSA-2023:6901RHSA-2024:0575

  • kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.5.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.5.1
  • kernel-rt_debug Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.5.1
  • kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.5.1
  • kernel-syms SLES 12 SP2-BCL 4.4.121-92.205.1
  • kernel-source SLES 12 SP2-BCL 4.4.121-92.205.1
  • kernel-default SLES 12 SP2-BCL 4.4.121-92.205.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE Live Patching 15 SP1 +3 more 4.12.14-150100.197.142.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:2809-1SUSE-SU-2023:2805-1SUSE-SU-2023:1848-1SUSE-SU-2023:2232-1SUSE-SU-2023:2755-1SUSE-SU-2023:2743-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • bpftool AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • kernel-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • python3-perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • kernel-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
  • kernel-zfcpdump AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:7077

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.87.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-13007

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

  • linux-lts Arch Linux 6.2-1
  • linux-hardened Arch Linux 6.2-1
  • linux-zen Arch Linux 6.2-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2834AVG-2835AVG-2836

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-23455 updated cvss 4.2

Kernel: denial of service in atm_tc_enqueue in net/sched/sch_atm.c due to type confusion

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7077
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0724
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0575
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, bpftool 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel-core 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel-tools 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, python3-perf 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7077
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0724
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8) perf 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, kernel 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, bpftool 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, kernel-core 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, python3-perf 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0575
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6901
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  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 perf 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0724
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-25-044-09 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SCALANCE W700 IEEE 802.11ax

  • Siemens SCALANCE WAB762-1 (6GK5762-1AJ00-6AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-7DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (ME) (6GK5763-1AL00-7DC0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-7DB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (6GK5766-1GE00-7DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-7DC0) <V3.0.0
    +13 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (US) (6GK5766-1GE00-7DB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (6GK5766-1GE00-7TA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-7TC0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (US) (6GK5766-1GE00-7TB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUB762-1 (6GK5762-1AJ00-1AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUB762-1 iFeatures (6GK5762-1AJ00-2AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-3AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-3DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-3AB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-3DB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (6GK5766-1GE00-3DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-3DC0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (USA) (6GK5766-1GE00-3DB0) <V3.0.0
    affected: fixed in V3.0.0 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-166-11 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP Linux Kernel

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type
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References

Sources

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