CVE-2023-54031 — Out-of-bounds Read in Kernel
Severity
4.4MEDIUMNVD
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 92.03%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 24
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vdpa: Add queue index 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 jus…
Affected Packages3 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-8vph-jw2x-79f2: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vdpa: Add queue index attr to vdpa_nl_policy for nlattr length check
The vdpa_nl↗2025-12-24
OSV▶
CVE-2023-54031: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vdpa: Add queue index attr to vdpa_nl_policy for nlattr length check The vdpa_nl_p↗2025-12-24