CVE-2023-53652Out-of-bounds Read in Kernel

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV4.4
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.19%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 7

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vdpa: Add features attr to vdpa_nl_policy for nlattr length check The vdpa_nl_policy structure is used to validate the nlattr when parsing the incoming nlmsg. It will ensure the attribute being described produces a valid nlattr pointer in info->attrs before entering into each handler in vdpa_nl_ops. That is to say, the missing part in vdpa_nl_policy may lead to illegal nlattr after parsing, which could lead to OOB read just l

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.16.1.47+2
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.52-1+2
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2023-53652: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vdpa: Add features attr to vdpa_nl_policy for nlattr length check The vdpa_nl_poli2025-10-07
GHSA
GHSA-j5px-w2f8-7x3g: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vdpa: Add features attr to vdpa_nl_policy for nlattr length check The vdpa_nl_po2025-10-07

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: vdpa: Add features attr to vdpa_nl_policy for nlattr length check2025-10-07
Debian
CVE-2023-53652: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vdpa: Add f...2023