CVE-2023-53493

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53493
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53493.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53493
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-10-01T11:45:44Z
Modified
2025-10-16T17:48:05.488518Z
Summary
accel/qaic: tighten bounds checking in decode_message()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

accel/qaic: tighten bounds checking in decode_message()

Copy the bounds checking from encodemessage() to decodemessage().

This patch addresses the following concerns. Ensure that there is enough space for at least one header so that we don't have a negative size later.

if (msg_hdr_len < sizeof(*trans_hdr))

Ensure that we have enough space to read the next header from the msg->data.

if (msg_len > msg_hdr_len - sizeof(*trans_hdr))
    return -EINVAL;

Check that the trans_hdr->len is not below the minimum size:

if (hdr_len < sizeof(*trans_hdr))

This minimum check ensures that we don't corrupt memory in decode_passthrough() when we do.

memcpy(out_trans->data, in_trans->data, len - sizeof(in_trans->hdr));

And finally, use size_add() to prevent an integer overflow:

if (size_add(msg_len, hdr_len) > msg_hdr_len)
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
129776ac2e38231fa9c02ce20e116c99de291666
Fixed
57d14cb3bae4619ce2fb5235cb318c3d5d8f53fd
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
129776ac2e38231fa9c02ce20e116c99de291666
Fixed
51b56382ed2a2b03347372272362b3baa623ed1e

Affected versions

v6.*

v6.3
v6.3-rc5
v6.3-rc6
v6.3-rc7
v6.4
v6.4-rc1
v6.4-rc2
v6.4-rc3
v6.4-rc4
v6.4-rc5
v6.4-rc6
v6.4-rc7
v6.4.1
v6.4.2
v6.4.3
v6.4.4
v6.4.5
v6.4.6
v6.5-rc1

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.4.0
Fixed
6.4.7