CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-53034

HighCVSS 7.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.30%

22th percentile - higher than 22% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the ntb_hw_switchtec driver has a vulnerability causing a shift-out-of-bounds. The function ntb_mw_clear_trans() passes 0 for both address and size, leading to a negative xlate_pos.

Risk Assessment

This could cause unexpected driver behavior, system crashes, or potentially privilege escalation in environments using NTB technology.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that ensures xlate_pos is non-negative before use.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntb_hw_switchtec: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in switchtec_ntb_mw_set_trans There is a kernel API ntb_mw_clear_trans() would pass 0 to both addr and size. This would make xlate_pos negative. [ 23.734156] switchtec switchtec0: MW 0: part 0 addr 0x0000000000000000 size 0x0000000000000000 [ 23.734158] ================================================================================ [ 23.734172] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in drivers/ntb/hw/mscc/ntb_hw_switchtec.c:293:7 [ 23.734418] shift exponent -1 is negative Ensuring xlate_pos is a positive or zero before BIT.

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