Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ubi: ensure that VID header...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ubi: ensure that VID header offset + VID header size <= alloc, size
Ensure that the VID header offset + VID header size does not exceed
the allocated area to avoid slab OOB.
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in crc32_body lib/crc32.c:111 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in crc32_le_generic lib/crc32.c:179 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in crc32_le_base+0x58c/0x626 lib/crc32.c:197
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88802bb36f00 by task syz-executor136/1555
CPU: 2 PID: 1555 Comm: syz-executor136 Tainted: G W
6.0.0-1868 #1
Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.13.0-2.module+el8.3.0+7860+a7792d29
04/01/2014
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x85/0xad lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:317 [inline]
print_report.cold.13+0xb6/0x6bb mm/kasan/report.c:433
kasan_report+0xa7/0x11b mm/kasan/report.c:495
crc32_body lib/crc32.c:111 [inline]
crc32_le_generic lib/crc32.c:179 [inline]
crc32_le_base+0x58c/0x626 lib/crc32.c:197
ubi_io_write_vid_hdr+0x1b7/0x472 drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c:1067
create_vtbl+0x4d5/0x9c4 drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:317
create_empty_lvol drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:500 [inline]
ubi_read_volume_table+0x67b/0x288a drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:812
ubi_attach+0xf34/0x1603 drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c:1601
ubi_attach_mtd_dev+0x6f3/0x185e drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c:965
ctrl_cdev_ioctl+0x2db/0x347 drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c:1043
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x213 fs/ioctl.c:856
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3e/0x86 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x0
RIP: 0033:0x7f96d5cf753d
Code:
RSP: 002b:00007fffd72206f8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f96d5cf753d
RDX: 0000000020000080 RSI: 0000000040186f40 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000400cd0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000400be0
R13: 00007fffd72207e0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
Allocated by task 1555:
kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x3d mm/kasan/common.c:38
kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:437 [inline]
____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:516 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0x88/0xa3 mm/kasan/common.c:525
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:234 [inline]
__kmalloc+0x138/0x257 mm/slub.c:4429
kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:605 [inline]
ubi_alloc_vid_buf drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h:1093 [inline]
create_vtbl+0xcc/0x9c4 drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:295
create_empty_lvol drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:500 [inline]
ubi_read_volume_table+0x67b/0x288a drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:812
ubi_attach+0xf34/0x1603 drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c:1601
ubi_attach_mtd_dev+0x6f3/0x185e drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c:965
ctrl_cdev_ioctl+0x2db/0x347 drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c:1043
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x213 fs/ioctl.c:856
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3e/0x86 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x0
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88802bb36e00
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
256-byte region [ffff88802bb36e00, ffff88802bb36f00)
The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page:00000000ea4d1263 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000
index:0x0 pfn:0x2bb36
head:00000000ea4d1263 order:1 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0
flags: 0xfffffc0010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1fffff)
raw: 000fffffc0010200 ffffea000066c300 dead000000000003 ffff888100042b40
raw: 0000000000000000 00000000001
---truncated---
Impact
A read operation accesses a memory location beyond the intended buffer boundary. Typical impact: sensitive data disclosure or crash.
CVE-2023-53265 has a CVSS score of 7.1 (High). The vector is requires local access, low privileges required, and no user interaction. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment. No fixed version is listed yet, so configuration controls and monitoring matter more in the interim.
Affected versions
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2023-53265? CVE-2023-53265 is a high-severity out-of-bounds read vulnerability. No fixed version is listed yet. A read operation accesses a memory location beyond the intended buffer boundary.
- How severe is CVE-2023-53265? CVE-2023-53265 has a CVSS score of 7.1 (High). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2023-53265? No fixed version is listed for CVE-2023-53265 yet. Monitor the advisory for updates and apply mitigations in the interim.
- Is CVE-2023-53265 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2023-53265 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether CVE-2023-53265 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.