CVE-2023-53553

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53553
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53553.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53553
Downstream
Published
2025-10-04T15:16:59Z
Modified
2025-10-16T18:13:22.448881Z
Summary
HID: hyperv: avoid struct memcpy overrun warning
Details

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

HID: hyperv: avoid struct memcpy overrun warning

A previous patch addressed the fortified memcpy warning for most builds, but I still see this one with gcc-9:

In file included from include/linux/string.h:254, from drivers/hid/hid-hyperv.c:8: In function 'fortifymemcpychk', inlined from 'mousevsconreceive' at drivers/hid/hid-hyperv.c:272:3: include/linux/fortify-string.h:583:4: error: call to '_writeoverflowfield' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use structgroup()? [-Werror=attribute-warning] 583 | _writeoverflowfield(psize_field, size); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My guess is that the WARN_ON() itself is what confuses gcc, so it no longer sees that there is a correct range check. Rework the code in a way that helps readability and avoids the warning.

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
542f25a94471570e2594be5b422b9ca572cf88a1
Fixed
a7902cc5f5b9c95997017c8e309da760fb1deb6e
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
542f25a94471570e2594be5b422b9ca572cf88a1
Fixed
5f151364b1da6bd217632fd4ee8cc24eaf66a497

Affected versions

v6.*

v6.1
v6.1-rc1
v6.1-rc2
v6.1-rc3
v6.1-rc4
v6.1-rc5
v6.1-rc6
v6.1-rc7
v6.1-rc8
v6.2
v6.2-rc1
v6.2-rc2
v6.2-rc3
v6.2-rc4
v6.2-rc5
v6.2-rc6
v6.2-rc7
v6.2-rc8
v6.3
v6.3-rc1
v6.3-rc2
v6.3-rc3
v6.3-rc4
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

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.4.5