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Linux CVE-2023-53213

HIGH
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
2025-09-15 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
7.1
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
7.1 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative
Red Hat
7.0 MEDIUM
qualitative

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CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 19:12 vuln.today
Patch released
Mar 28, 2026 - 19:12 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Sep 15, 2025 - 15:15 nvd
HIGH 7.1

DescriptionNVD

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

wifi: brcmfmac: slab-out-of-bounds read in brcmf_get_assoc_ies()

Fix a slab-out-of-bounds read that occurs in kmemdup() called from brcmf_get_assoc_ies(). The bug could occur when assoc_info->req_len, data from a URB provided by a USB device, is bigger than the size of buffer which is defined as WL_EXTRA_BUF_MAX.

Add the size check for req_len/resp_len of assoc_info.

Found by a modified version of syzkaller.

[ 46.592467][ T7] ============== [ 46.594687][ T7] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in kmemdup+0x3e/0x50 [ 46.596572][ T7] Read of size 3014656 at addr ffff888019442000 by task kworker/0:1/7 [ 46.598575][ T7] [ 46.599157][ T7] CPU: 0 PID: 7 Comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: G O 5.14.0+ #145 [ 46.601333][ T7] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 46.604360][ T7] Workqueue: events brcmf_fweh_event_worker [ 46.605943][ T7] Call Trace: [ 46.606584][ T7] dump_stack_lvl+0x8e/0xd1 [ 46.607446][ T7] print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x93/0x334 [ 46.608610][ T7] ? kmemdup+0x3e/0x50 [ 46.609341][ T7] kasan_report.cold+0x79/0xd5 [ 46.610151][ T7] ? kmemdup+0x3e/0x50 [ 46.610796][ T7] kasan_check_range+0x14e/0x1b0 [ 46.611691][ T7] memcpy+0x20/0x60 [ 46.612323][ T7] kmemdup+0x3e/0x50 [ 46.612987][ T7] brcmf_get_assoc_ies+0x967/0xf60 [ 46.613904][ T7] ? brcmf_notify_vif_event+0x3d0/0x3d0 [ 46.614831][ T7] ? lock_chain_count+0x20/0x20 [ 46.615683][ T7] ? mark_lock.part.0+0xfc/0x2770 [ 46.616552][ T7] ? lock_chain_count+0x20/0x20 [ 46.617409][ T7] ? mark_lock.part.0+0xfc/0x2770 [ 46.618244][ T7] ? lock_chain_count+0x20/0x20 [ 46.619024][ T7] brcmf_bss_connect_done.constprop.0+0x241/0x2e0 [ 46.620019][ T7] ? brcmf_parse_configure_security.isra.0+0x2a0/0x2a0 [ 46.620818][ T7] ? __lock_acquire+0x181f/0x5790 [ 46.621462][ T7] brcmf_notify_connect_status+0x448/0x1950 [ 46.622134][ T7] ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xb0 [ 46.622736][ T7] ? brcmf_cfg80211_join_ibss+0x7b0/0x7b0 [ 46.623390][ T7] ? find_held_lock+0x2d/0x110 [ 46.623962][ T7] ? brcmf_fweh_event_worker+0x19f/0xc60 [ 46.624603][ T7] ? mark_held_locks+0x9f/0xe0 [ 46.625145][ T7] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x3e0/0x3e0 [ 46.625871][ T7] ? brcmf_cfg80211_join_ibss+0x7b0/0x7b0 [ 46.626545][ T7] brcmf_fweh_call_event_handler.isra.0+0x90/0x100 [ 46.627338][ T7] brcmf_fweh_event_worker+0x557/0xc60 [ 46.627962][ T7] ? brcmf_fweh_call_event_handler.isra.0+0x100/0x100 [ 46.628736][ T7] ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0xa1/0xd0 [ 46.629396][ T7] ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xb0 [ 46.629970][ T7] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x273/0x3e0 [ 46.630649][ T7] process_one_work+0x92b/0x1460 [ 46.631205][ T7] ? pwq_dec_nr_in_flight+0x330/0x330 [ 46.631821][ T7] ? rwlock_bug.part.0+0x90/0x90 [ 46.632347][ T7] worker_thread+0x95/0xe00 [ 46.632832][ T7] ? __kthread_parkme+0x115/0x1e0 [ 46.633393][ T7] ? process_one_work+0x1460/0x1460 [ 46.633957][ T7] kthread+0x3a1/0x480 [ 46.634369][ T7] ? set_kthread_struct+0x120/0x120 [ 46.634933][ T7] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 [ 46.635431][ T7] [ 46.635687][ T7] Allocated by task 7: [ 46.636151][ T7] kasan_save_stack+0x1b/0x40 [ 46.636628][ T7] __kasan_kmalloc+0x7c/0x90 [ 46.637108][ T7] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x19e/0x330 [ 46.637696][ T7] brcmf_cfg80211_attach+0x4a0/0x4040 [ 46.638275][ T7] brcmf_attach+0x389/0xd40 [ 46.638739][ T7] brcmf_usb_probe+0x12de/0x1690 [ 46.639279][ T7] usb_probe_interface+0x2aa/0x760 [ 46.639820][ T7] really_probe+0x205/0xb70 [ 46.640342][ T7] __driver_probe_device+0 ---truncated---

AnalysisAI

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: slab-out-of-bounds read in brcmf_get_assoc_ies() Fix a slab-out-of-bounds read that occurs in kmemdup() called from. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125), which allows attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: slab-out-of-bounds read in brcmf_get_assoc_ies() Fix a slab-out-of-bounds read that occurs in kmemdup() called from brcmf_get_assoc_ies(). The bug could occur when assoc_info->req_len, data from a URB provided by a USB device, is bigger than the size of buffer which is defined as WL_EXTRA_BUF_MAX. Add the size check for req_len/resp_len of assoc_info. Found by a modified version of syzkaller. [ 46.592467][ T7] ============== [ 46.594687][ T7] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in kmemdup+0x3e/0x50 [ 46.596572][ T7] Read of size 3014656 at addr ffff888019442000 by task kworker/0:1/7 [ 46.598575][ T7] [ 46.599157][ T7] CPU: 0 PID: 7 Comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: G O 5.14.0+ #145 [ 46.601333][ T7] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 46.604360][ T7] Workqueue: events brcmf_fweh_event_worker [ 46.605943][ T7] Call Trace: [ 46.606584][ T7] dump_stack_lvl+0x8e/0xd1 [ 46.607446][ T7] print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x93/0x334 [ 46.608610][ T7] ? kmemdup+0x3e/0x50 [ 46.609341][ T7] kasan_report.cold+0x79/0xd5 [ 46.610151][ T7] ? kmemdup+0x3e/0x50 [ 46.610796][ T7] kasan_check_range+0x14e/0x1b0 [ 46.611691][ T7] memcpy+0x20/0x60 [ 46.612323][ T7] kmemdup+0x3e/0x50 [ 46.612987][ T7] brcmf_get_assoc_ies+0x967/0xf60 [ 46.613904][ T7] ? brcmf_notify_vif_event+0x3d0/0x3d0 [ 46.614831][ T7] ? lock_chain_count+0x20/0x20 [ 46.615683][ T7] ? mark_lock.part.0+0xfc/0x2770 [ 46.616552][ T7] ? lock_chain_count+0x20/0x20 [ 46.617409][ T7] ? mark_lock.part.0+0xfc/0x2770 [ 46.618244][ T7] ? lock_chain_count+0x20/0x20 [ 46.619024][ T7] brcmf_bss_connect_done.constprop.0+0x241/0x2e0 [ 46.620019][ T7] ? brcmf_parse_configure_security.isra.0+0x2a0/0x2a0 [ 46.620818][ T7] ? __lock_acquire+0x181f/0x5790 [ 46.621462][ T7] brcmf_notify_connect_status+0x448/0x1950 [ 46.622134][ T7] ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xb0 [ 46.622736][ T7] ? brcmf_cfg80211_join_ibss+0x7b0/0x7b0 [ 46.623390][ T7] ? find_held_lock+0x2d/0x110 [ 46.623962][ T7] ? brcmf_fweh_event_worker+0x19f/0xc60 [ 46.624603][ T7] ? mark_held_locks+0x9f/0xe0 [ 46.625145][ T7] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x3e0/0x3e0 [ 46.625871][ T7] ? brcmf_cfg80211_join_ibss+0x7b0/0x7b0 [ 46.626545][ T7] brcmf_fweh_call_event_handler.isra.0+0x90/0x100 [ 46.627338][ T7] brcmf_fweh_event_worker+0x557/0xc60 [ 46.627962][ T7] ? brcmf_fweh_call_event_handler.isra.0+0x100/0x100 [ 46.628736][ T7] ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0xa1/0xd0 [ 46.629396][ T7] ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xb0 [ 46.629970][ T7] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x273/0x3e0 [ 46.630649][ T7] process_one_work+0x92b/0x1460 [ 46.631205][ T7] ? pwq_dec_nr_in_flight+0x330/0x330 [ 46.631821][ T7] ? rwlock_bug.part.0+0x90/0x90 [ 46.632347][ T7] worker_thread+0x95/0xe00 [ 46.632832][ T7] ? __kthread_parkme+0x115/0x1e0 [ 46.633393][ T7] ? process_one_work+0x1460/0x1460 [ 46.633957][ T7] kthread+0x3a1/0x480 [ 46.634369][ T7] ? set_kthread_struct+0x120/0x120 [ 46.634933][ T7] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 [ 46.635431][ T7] [ 46.635687][ T7] Allocated by task 7: [ 46.636151][ T7] kasan_save_stack+0x1b/0x40 [ 46.636628][ T7] __kasan_kmalloc+0x7c/0x90 [ 46.637108][ T7] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x19e/0x330 [ 46.637696][ T7] brcmf_cfg80211_attach+0x4a0/0x4040 [ 46.638275][ T7] brcmf_attach+0x389/0xd40 [ 46.638739][ T7] brcmf_usb_probe+0x12de/0x1690 [ 46.639279][ T7] usb_probe_interface+0x2aa/0x760 [ 46.639820][ T7] really_probe+0x205/0xb70 [ 46.640342][ T7] __driver_probe_device+0 ---truncated--- Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Validate array indices and buffer lengths. Use memory-safe languages. Enable AddressSanitizer during testing.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: High
Product Status
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2:latest Image SLES15-SP3-Micro-5-2-BYOS-Azure Affected
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4:5.4.4.5.72 Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-GCE Affected
Container suse/sle-micro/base-5.5:2.0.4-5.8.212 Image SLES15-SP5-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Image SLES15-SP5-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-HPC-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-HPC-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Proxy-5-0-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Proxy-5-0-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Proxy-5-0-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Proxy-5-0-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0 Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-Azure-llc Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-Azure-ltd Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-EC2-llc Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-EC2-ltd Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5 Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-GCE Affected
Container suse/sle-micro/kvm-5.5:2.0.4-3.5.405 Affected
Container suse/sle-micro/rt-5.5:2.0.4-4.5.508 Affected

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