{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"CVE-2023-53493","published":"2025-10-01T11:45:44.939Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:40.546052615Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2025:03600-1","SUSE-SU-2025:03634-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20851-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20861-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20870-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20898-1","SUSE-SU-2025:3751-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4132-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4141-1"],"summary":"accel/qaic: tighten bounds checking in decode_message()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naccel/qaic: tighten bounds checking in decode_message()\n\nCopy the bounds checking from encode_message() to decode_message().\n\nThis patch addresses the following concerns.  Ensure that there is\nenough space for at least one header so that we don't have a negative\nsize later.\n\n\tif (msg_hdr_len < sizeof(*trans_hdr))\n\nEnsure that we have enough space to read the next header from the\nmsg->data.\n\n\tif (msg_len > msg_hdr_len - sizeof(*trans_hdr))\n\t\treturn -EINVAL;\n\nCheck that the trans_hdr->len is not below the minimum size:\n\n\tif (hdr_len < sizeof(*trans_hdr))\n\nThis minimum check ensures that we don't corrupt memory in\ndecode_passthrough() when we do.\n\n\tmemcpy(out_trans->data, in_trans->data, len - sizeof(in_trans->hdr));\n\nAnd finally, use size_add() to prevent an integer overflow:\n\n\tif (size_add(msg_len, hdr_len) > msg_hdr_len)","affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"129776ac2e38231fa9c02ce20e116c99de291666"},{"fixed":"57d14cb3bae4619ce2fb5235cb318c3d5d8f53fd"},{"fixed":"51b56382ed2a2b03347372272362b3baa623ed1e"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53493.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.4.0"},{"fixed":"6.4.7"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53493.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51b56382ed2a2b03347372272362b3baa623ed1e"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57d14cb3bae4619ce2fb5235cb318c3d5d8f53fd"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53493.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53493"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53493.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}