CVE-2023-53062 Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.14.313-235.533.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNEL-10691922
  • published11 Jul 2025
  • disclosed2 May 2025

Introduced: 2 May 2025

CVE-2023-53062  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel to version 0:4.14.313-235.533.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2027.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: usb: smsc95xx: Limit packet length to skb->len

Packet length retrieved from descriptor may be larger than the actual socket buffer length. In such case the cloned skb passed up the network stack will leak kernel memory contents.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1