CVE-2023-53661 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.90%
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:
bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory()
The value of an arithmetic expression is subject
of possible overflow due to a failure to cast operands to a larger data
type before performing arithmetic. Used macro for multiplication instead
operator for avoiding overflow.
Found by Security Code and Linux Verification
Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxc0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 — d5eaf2a6b077f32a477feb1e9e1c1f60605b460e+4
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-q9gj-c2m7-hf6g: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory()
The value of an arithmetic ex↗2025-10-07
OSV▶
CVE-2023-53661: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory() The value of an arithmetic expr↗2025-10-07