# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2023-53543"
idYear: 2023
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-10-04T15:16:52.114Z"
updatedAt: "2026-06-01T16:04:13.122Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53543"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53543.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53543"
title: "vdpa: Add max vqp attr to vdpa_nl_policy for nlattr length check"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvdpa: Add max vqp attr to vdpa_nl_policy for nlattr length check\n\nThe vdpa_nl_policy structure is used to validate the nlattr when parsing\nthe incoming nlmsg. It will ensure the attribute being described produces\na valid nlattr pointer in info-\u003eattrs before entering into each handler\nin vdpa_nl_ops.\n\nThat is to say, the missing part in vdpa_nl_policy may lead to illegal\nnlattr after parsing, which could lead to OOB read just like CVE-2023-3773.\n\nThis patch adds the missing nla_policy for vdpa max vqp attr to avoid\nsuch bugs."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"447092100c7e71aa20469a270fcee441d807ed58","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"baed19c108ac8287425b93a44985bbe9a0b1af8d"},{"version":"ad69dd0bf26b88ec6ab26f8bbe5cd74fbed7672a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ff71709445ac033e6e250d971683110e4781c068"},{"version":"ad69dd0bf26b88ec6ab26f8bbe5cd74fbed7672a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ea65e8b5e6b1a34deda7564f09c90e9e80db436a"},{"version":"ad69dd0bf26b88ec6ab26f8bbe5cd74fbed7672a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5d6ba607d6cb5c58a4ddf33381e18c83dbb4098f"},{"version":"5.15.198","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15.209"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.16"},{"version":"5.15.209","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.47","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.4.12","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.4.*"},{"version":"6.5","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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