soc: qcom: qmi_encdec: Restrict string length in decode
Priority LOW 35Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: qcom: qmi_encdec: Restrict string length in decode The QMI TLV value for strings in a lot of qmi element info structures account for null terminated strings with MAX_LEN + 1. If a string is actually MAX_LEN + 1 length, this will cause an out of bounds access when the NULL character is appended in decoding.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00153 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 4.19.295, 5.4.257, 5.10.195 +4Red Hat: 2 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.19.295, 5.4.257, 5.10.195, 5.15.132, 6.1.54, 6.5.4, 6.6
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-53729
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x9cj-hfg7-wvpw
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b58859e7c4ac357517a59f0801e8ce1b58a8ee2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64c5e916fabe5ef7bef0210b8a59fa8941ee1b8e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ccab9f82772ead618689d17dbc6950d6bd1e741
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2f39b813d1eed4a522428d1e6acd7dfe9b81579
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6250ecb7fbb934b89539e7e2ba6c1d8555c0975
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22ee7c9c7f381be178b4457bc54530002e08e938
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d207400fd6b79c92aeb2f33bb79f62dff904ea2
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Sources
- CVE-2023-53729 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-53729 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x9cj-hfg7-wvpw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-53729 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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