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TI-2023-29557 Aliases CVE-2023-53265GHSA-6jj6-82pm-r5v3

ubi: ensure that VID header offset + VID header size <= alloc, size

Priority LOW 30CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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: <TASK> __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 </TASK> 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---

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00164 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 4.14.308, 4.19.276, 5.4.235 +5Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux2.6.22 and later4.14.308, 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.100, 6.1.18, 6.2.5, 6.3Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 2.6.22 and later Fixed in 4.14.308, 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.100, 6.1.18, 6.2.5, 6.3 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.22 to before 4.14.308; 4.15 to before 4.19.276; 4.20 to before 5.4.235; 5.5 to before 5.10.173; 5.11 to before 5.15.100; 5.16 to before 6.1.18; 6.2 to before 6.2.5VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.22 to before 4.14.308; 4.15 to before 4.19.276; 4.20 to before 5.4.235; 5.5 to before 5.10.173; 5.11 to before 5.15.100; 5.16 to before 6.1.18; 6.2 to before 6.2.5 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.14.308, 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.100, 6.1.18, 6.2.5, 6.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-53265
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6jj6-82pm-r5v3

References

Patch 8

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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Sources

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