CVE-2023-53342 | net: marvell: prestera: fix handling IPv4 routes with nhid

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: marvell: prestera: fix handling IPv4 routes with nhid Fix handling IPv4 routes referencing a nexthop via its id by replacing calls to fib_info_nh() with fib_info_nhc(). Trying to add an IPv4 route referencing a nextop via nhid: $ ip link set up swp5 $ ip a a 10.0.0.1/24 dev swp5 $ ip nexthop add dev swp5 id 20 via 10.0.0.2 $ ip route add 10.0.1.0/24 nhid 20 triggers warnings when trying to handle the route: [ 528.805763] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 528.810437] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 53 at include/net/nexthop.h:468 __prestera_fi_is_direct+0x2c/0x68 [prestera] [ 528.820434] Modules linked in: prestera_pci act_gact act_police sch_ingress cls_u32 cls_flower prestera arm64_delta_tn48m_dn_led(O) arm64_delta_tn48m_dn_cpld(O) [last unloaded: prestera_pci] [ 528.837485] CPU: 3 PID: 53 Comm: kworker/u8:3 Tainted: G O 6.4.5 #1 [ 528.845178] Hardware name: delta,tn48m-dn (DT) [ 528.849641] Workqueue: prestera_ordered __prestera_router_fib_event_work [prestera] [ 528.857352] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 528.864347] pc : __prestera_fi_is_direct+0x2c/0x68 [prestera] [ 528.870135] lr : prestera_k_arb_fib_evt+0xb20/0xd50 [prestera] [ 528.876007] sp : ffff80000b20bc90 [ 528.879336] x29: ffff80000b20bc90 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff0001374d3a48 [ 528.886510] x26: ffff000105604000 x25: ffff000134af8a28 x24: ffff0001374d3800 [ 528.893683] x23: ffff000101c89148 x22: ffff000101c89000 x21: ffff000101c89200 [ 528.900855] x20: ffff00013641fda0 x19: ffff800009d01088 x18: 0000000000000059 [ 528.908027] x17: 0000000000000277 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 [ 528.915198] x14: 0000000000000003 x13: 00000000000fe400 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 528.922371] x11: 0000000000000002 x10: 0000000000000aa0 x9 : ffff8000013d2020 [ 528.929543] x8 : 0000000000000018 x7 : 000000007b1703f8 x6 : 000000001ca72f86 [ 528.936715] x5 : 0000000033399ea7 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff0001374d3acc [ 528.943886] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff00010200de00 x0 : ffff000134ae3f80 [ 528.951058] Call trace: [ 528.953516] __prestera_fi_is_direct+0x2c/0x68 [prestera] [ 528.958952] __prestera_router_fib_event_work+0x100/0x158 [prestera] [ 528.965348] process_one_work+0x208/0x488 [ 528.969387] worker_thread+0x4c/0x430 [ 528.973068] kthread+0x120/0x138 [ 528.976313] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [ 528.979909] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [ 528.984998] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 528.989645] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 53 at include/net/nexthop.h:468 __prestera_fi_is_direct+0x2c/0x68 [prestera] [ 528.999628] Modules linked in: prestera_pci act_gact act_police sch_ingress cls_u32 cls_flower prestera arm64_delta_tn48m_dn_led(O) arm64_delta_tn48m_dn_cpld(O) [last unloaded: prestera_pci] [ 529.016676] CPU: 3 PID: 53 Comm: kworker/u8:3 Tainted: G W O 6.4.5 #1 [ 529.024368] Hardware name: delta,tn48m-dn (DT) [ 529.028830] Workqueue: prestera_ordered __prestera_router_fib_event_work [prestera] [ 529.036539] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 529.043533] pc : __prestera_fi_is_direct+0x2c/0x68 [prestera] [ 529.049318] lr : __prestera_k_arb_fc_apply+0x280/0x2f8 [prestera] [ 529.055452] sp : ffff80000b20bc60 [ 529.058781] x29: ffff80000b20bc60 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff0001374d3a48 [ 529.065953] x26: ffff000105604000 x25: ffff000134af8a28 x24: ffff0001374d3800 [ 529.073126] x23: ffff000101c89148 x22: ffff000101c89148 x21: ffff00013641fda0 [ 529.080299] x20: ffff000101c89000 x19: ffff000101c89020 x18: 0000000000000059 [ 529.087471] x17: 0000000000000277 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 [ 529.094642] x14: 0000000000000003 x13: 00000000000fe400 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 529.101814] x11: 0000000000000002 x10: 0000000000000aa0 x9 : ffff8000013cee80 [ 529.108985] x8 : 0000000000000018 x7 : 000000007b1703f8 x6 ---truncated---

Published: 2025-09-17 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-53342 is rated Low Risk (24.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.18%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-53342

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.18% +0.17%
2 2025-09-18 — 0.02% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-53342

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-53342

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-53342

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2023-53342 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53342
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53342
suse medium CVE-2023-53342 severity moderate: SUSE including 402 source package names (2.1.3-6.80:kernel-default-base-6.4.0-35.1.21.12, 2.1.3-7.57:kernel-default-6.4.0-35.1, …), 868 product×package rows across 182 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container, … (182 product lines)): Fixed 442, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 195. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53342/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-53342 medium priority: Ubuntu including 150 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1350 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 969, ignored 159, not-affected 142, released 80. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53342

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-53342

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 6.1, < 6.1.46 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.4.11 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.5 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.5 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.5 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.5 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.5 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-53342

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