CVE-2023-53397
Moderate
modpost: fix off by one in is_executable_section()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: modpost: fix off by one in is_executable_section() The > comparison should be >= to prevent an out of bounds array access.
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
September 18, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-53397
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: modpost: fix off by one in is_executable_section() The > comparison should be >= to prevent an out of bounds array access.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02dc8e8bdbe4412cfcf17ee3873e63fa5a55b957
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a3f1e573a105328a2cca45a7cfbebabbf5e3192
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e0424cd8a44b5f480feb06753cdf4e1f248d148
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ee557590bac154d324de446d1cd0444988bd511
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b2e77050b91199453bf19d0517b047b7339a9e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cade370efe2f9e2a79ea8587506ffe2b51ac6d2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb0cdca5c979bc34c27602e2039562932c2591a4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd872d5576cc94528f427c7264c2c438928cc6d2
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53397.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53397