In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ipset: Rework long task execution when adding/deleting entries When adding/deleting large number of elements in one step in ipset, it can take a reasonable amount of time and can result in soft lockup errors. The patch 5f7b51bf09ba ("netfilter: ipset: Limit the maximal range of consecutive elements to add/delete") tried to fix it by limiting the max elements to process at all. However it was not enough, it is still possible that we get hung tasks. Lowering the limit is not reasonable, so the approach in this patch is as follows: rely on the method used at resizing sets and save the state when we reach a smaller internal batch limit, unlock/lock and proceed from the saved state. Thus we can avoid long continuous tasks and at the same time removed the limit to add/delete large number of elements in one step. The nfnl mutex is held during the whole operation which prevents one to issue other ipset commands in parallel.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-53549 is rated Low Risk (23.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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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 | 2025-10-05 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (1 record total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2023-53549 not yet assigned 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-2023-53549 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53549 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2023-53549 severity moderate: SUSE including 75 source package names (bpftool-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8, bpftool-7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3, …), 278 product×package rows across 46 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Liberty Linux 8, … (46 product lines)): Known Not Affected 229, Fixed 49. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53549/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2023-53549 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1414 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1017, ignored 158, not-affected 126, released 112, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53549 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.10.157, < 5.10.163 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.13.14, < 5.14 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.14.1, < 5.15.87 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.16, < 6.0.19 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.1, < 6.1.5 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.14 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.14 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.14 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.2 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.2 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |