CVE-2023-53729
Published: October 23, 2025Last modified: October 23, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: qcom: qmi_encdec: Restrict string length in decode The QMI TLV value for strings in a lot of qmi element info structures account for null terminated strings with MAX_LEN + 1. If a string is actually MAX_LEN + 1 length, this will cause an out of bounds access when the NULL character is appended in decoding.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.1.54-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Not affected (6.6.89-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.6.58-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22ee7c9c7f381be178b4457bc54530002e08e938
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ccab9f82772ead618689d17dbc6950d6bd1e741
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64c5e916fabe5ef7bef0210b8a59fa8941ee1b8e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b58859e7c4ac357517a59f0801e8ce1b58a8ee2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d207400fd6b79c92aeb2f33bb79f62dff904ea2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2f39b813d1eed4a522428d1e6acd7dfe9b81579
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6250ecb7fbb934b89539e7e2ba6c1d8555c0975