CVE-2023-53659 — Out-of-bounds Read in Linux
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.02%
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:
iavf: Fix out-of-bounds when setting channels on remove
If we set channels greater during iavf_remove(), and waiting reset done
would be timeout, then returned with error but changed num_active_queues
directly, that will lead to OOB like the following logs. Because the
num_active_queues is greater than tx/rx_rings[] allocated actually.
Reproducer:
[root@host ~]# cat repro.sh
#!/bin/bash
pf_dbsf="0000:41:00.0"
vf0_dbsf="0000…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux1555d83ddbb7204ef60c58aee6ca3bbef2c5e99f — b92defe4e8ee86996c16417ad8c804cb4395fddd+5
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2023-53659: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iavf: Fix out-of-bounds when setting channels on remove If we set channels greater↗2025-10-07
GHSA▶
GHSA-h9wv-v64w-rmq6: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iavf: Fix out-of-bounds when setting channels on remove
If we set channels great↗2025-10-07