HID: amd_sfh: Fix for shift-out-of-bounds
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: amd_sfh: Fix for shift-out-of-bounds Shift operation of 'exp' and 'shift' variables exceeds the maximum number of shift values in the u32 range leading to UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds. ... [ 6.120512] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in drivers/hid/amd-sfh-hid/sfh1_1/amd_sfh_desc.c:149:50 [ 6.120598] shift exponent 104 is too large for 64-bit type 'long unsigned int' [ 6.120659] CPU: 4 PID: 96 Comm: kworker/4:1 Not tainted 6.4.0amd_1-next-20230519-dirty #10 [ 6.120665] Hardware name: AMD Birman-PHX/Birman-PHX, BIOS SFH_with_HPD_SEN.FD 04/05/2023 [ 6.120667] Workqueue: events amd_sfh_work_buffer [amd_sfh] [ 6.120687] Call Trace: [ 6.120690] <TASK> [ 6.120694] dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x70 [ 6.120704] dump_stack+0x10/0x20 [ 6.120707] ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x40 [ 6.120716] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x10f/0x170 [ 6.120720] ? psi_group_change+0x25f/0x4b0 [ 6.120729] float_to_int.cold+0x18/0xba [amd_sfh] [ 6.120739] get_input_rep+0x57/0x340 [amd_sfh] [ 6.120748] ? __schedule+0xba7/0x1b60 [ 6.120756] ? __pfx_get_input_rep+0x10/0x10 [amd_sfh] [ 6.120764] amd_sfh_work_buffer+0x91/0x180 [amd_sfh] [ 6.120772] process_one_work+0x229/0x430 [ 6.120780] worker_thread+0x4a/0x3c0 [ 6.120784] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 6.120788] kthread+0xf7/0x130 [ 6.120792] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 6.120795] ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50 [ 6.120804] </TASK> ... Fix this by adding the condition to validate shift ranges.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.40, 6.4.5, 6.5
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-53703
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rmv6-m884-3827
References
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Sources
- CVE-2023-53703 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-53703 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rmv6-m884-3827 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-53703 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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