{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-53493","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-10-01T11:39:39.403Z","datePublished":"2025-10-01T11:45:44.939Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:46:03.450Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:46:03.450Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naccel/qaic: tighten bounds checking in decode_message()\n\nCopy the bounds checking from encode_message() to decode_message().\n\nThis patch addresses the following concerns.  Ensure that there is\nenough space for at least one header so that we don't have a negative\nsize later.\n\n\tif (msg_hdr_len < sizeof(*trans_hdr))\n\nEnsure that we have enough space to read the next header from the\nmsg->data.\n\n\tif (msg_len > msg_hdr_len - sizeof(*trans_hdr))\n\t\treturn -EINVAL;\n\nCheck that the trans_hdr->len is not below the minimum size:\n\n\tif (hdr_len < sizeof(*trans_hdr))\n\nThis minimum check ensures that we don't corrupt memory in\ndecode_passthrough() when we do.\n\n\tmemcpy(out_trans->data, in_trans->data, len - sizeof(in_trans->hdr));\n\nAnd finally, use size_add() to prevent an integer overflow:\n\n\tif (size_add(msg_len, hdr_len) > msg_hdr_len)"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/accel/qaic/qaic_control.c"],"versions":[{"version":"129776ac2e38231fa9c02ce20e116c99de291666","lessThan":"57d14cb3bae4619ce2fb5235cb318c3d5d8f53fd","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"129776ac2e38231fa9c02ce20e116c99de291666","lessThan":"51b56382ed2a2b03347372272362b3baa623ed1e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/accel/qaic/qaic_control.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.4","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.4.7","lessThanOrEqual":"6.4.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.5","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.4","versionEndExcluding":"6.4.7"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.4","versionEndExcluding":"6.5"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57d14cb3bae4619ce2fb5235cb318c3d5d8f53fd"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51b56382ed2a2b03347372272362b3baa623ed1e"}],"title":"accel/qaic: tighten bounds checking in decode_message()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}