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CVE-2023-53570

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2023
Source publication
Source updated
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Source snapshot
cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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CNA source text (English)

wifi: nl80211: fix integer overflow in nl80211_parse_mbssid_elems()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: nl80211: fix integer overflow in nl80211_parse_mbssid_elems() nl80211_parse_mbssid_elems() uses a u8 variable num_elems to count the number of MBSSID elements in the nested netlink attribute attrs, which can lead to an integer overflow if a user of the nl80211 interface specifies 256 or more elements in the corresponding attribute in userspace. The integer overflow can lead to a heap buffer overflow as num_elems determines the size of the trailing array in elems, and this array is thereafter written to for each element in attrs. Note that this vulnerability only affects devices with the wiphy->mbssid_max_interfaces member set for the wireless physical device struct in the device driver, and can only be triggered by a process with CAP_NET_ADMIN capabilities. Fix this by checking for a maximum of 255 elements in attrs.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
dc1e3cb8da8b414b37208b2fb6755fef8122504baffectedgite642eb67b8c10dcce758d549cc81564116e0fa49UnavailableNone listed
dc1e3cb8da8b414b37208b2fb6755fef8122504baffectedgit7d09f9f255a5f78578deba5454923072bb53b16cUnavailableNone listed
dc1e3cb8da8b414b37208b2fb6755fef8122504baffectedgit6311071a056272e1e761de8d0305e87cc566f734UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
5.16affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver5.16UnavailableNone listed
6.1.46unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.1.*None listed
6.4.11unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.4.*None listed
6.5unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed