CVE-2023-53661

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53661
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53661.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53661
Downstream
Published
2025-10-07T15:21:20.987Z
Modified
2026-04-11T12:46:51.212498Z
Summary
bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory()
Details

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

bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxtgetnvram_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.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53661.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
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
c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764
Fixed
d5eaf2a6b077f32a477feb1e9e1c1f60605b460e
Fixed
efb1a257513438d43f4335f09b2f684e8167cad2
Fixed
17e0453a7523ad7a25bb47af941b150a6c66d7b6
Fixed
7c6dddc239abe660598c49ec95ea0ed6399a4b2a

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53661.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.4.0
Fixed
5.15.113
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.30
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.3.4

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53661.json"