CVE-2023-53661
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory() The value of an arithmetic expression is subject of possible overflow due to a failure to cast operands to a larger data type before…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.15%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory() The value of an arithmetic expression is subject of possible overflow due to a failure to cast operands to a larger data type before performing arithmetic. Used macro for multiplication instead operator for avoiding overflow. Found by Security Code and Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.15% probability · 5th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17e0453a7523ad7a25bb47af941b150a6c66d7b6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c6dddc239abe660598c49ec95ea0ed6399a4b2aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5eaf2a6b077f32a477feb1e9e1c1f60605b460ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efb1a257513438d43f4335f09b2f684e8167cad2Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.