CVE-2023-53661
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Publication date: 2025-10-07
Last updated on: 2026-02-26
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory()
The value of an arithmetic expression is subject
of possible overflow due to a failure to cast operands to a larger data
type before performing arithmetic. Used macro for multiplication instead
operator for avoiding overflow.
Found by Security Code and Linux Verification
Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-190 | The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number. |
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This vulnerability in the Linux kernel's bnxt driver involves a potential overflow in the function bnxt_get_nvram_directory(). The issue arises because an arithmetic expression's value can overflow due to operands not being cast to a larger data type before multiplication. The fix involved using a macro for multiplication to avoid this overflow.
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