CVE-2023-53541
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2023-53541, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2025-10-04

Last updated on: 2026-03-25

Assigner: kernel.org

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: rawnand: brcmnand: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in oob write When the oob buffer length is not in multiple of words, the oob write function does out-of-bounds read on the oob source buffer at the last iteration. Fix that by always checking length limit on the oob buffer read and fill with 0xff when reaching the end of the buffer to the oob registers.

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Published
2025-10-04
Last Modified
2026-03-25
Generated
2026-07-06
AI Q&A
2025-10-04
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-05
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Affected Vendors & Products

Showing 7 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
linux linux_kernel From 4.15 (inc) to 4.19.295 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 5.11 (inc) to 5.15.132 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 5.5 (inc) to 5.10.195 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 4.20 (inc) to 5.4.257 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 6.2 (inc) to 6.5.4 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 5.16 (inc) to 6.1.54 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 4.2 (inc) to 4.14.326 (exc)

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CWE-787 The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a potential out-of-bounds access issue in the Linux kernel's mtd: rawnand: brcmnand driver during out-of-band (oob) write operations. Specifically, when the oob buffer length is not a multiple of words, the oob write function may read beyond the end of the oob source buffer in its last iteration. The fix involves checking the length limit on the oob buffer read and filling with 0xff when the end of the buffer is reached to prevent out-of-bounds access.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability could lead to out-of-bounds memory access during oob write operations in the affected Linux kernel driver. Such out-of-bounds reads may cause system instability, crashes, or potentially allow an attacker to read unintended memory areas, which could lead to information disclosure or other unpredictable behavior.

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