{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2023-53213", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-09-15T14:19:21.844Z", "datePublished": "2025-09-15T14:21:41.433Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T09:13:06.440Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T09:13:06.440Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: brcmfmac: slab-out-of-bounds read in brcmf_get_assoc_ies()\n\nFix a slab-out-of-bounds read that occurs in kmemdup() called from\nbrcmf_get_assoc_ies().\nThe bug could occur when assoc_info->req_len, data from a URB provided\nby a USB device, is bigger than the size of buffer which is defined as\nWL_EXTRA_BUF_MAX.\n\nAdd the size check for req_len/resp_len of assoc_info.\n\nFound by a modified version of syzkaller.\n\n[ 46.592467][ T7] ==================================================================\n[ 46.594687][ T7] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in kmemdup+0x3e/0x50\n[ 46.596572][ T7] Read of size 3014656 at addr ffff888019442000 by task kworker/0:1/7\n[ 46.598575][ T7]\n[ 46.599157][ T7] CPU: 0 PID: 7 Comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: G O 5.14.0+ #145\n[ 46.601333][ T7] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n[ 46.604360][ T7] Workqueue: events brcmf_fweh_event_worker\n[ 46.605943][ T7] Call Trace:\n[ 46.606584][ T7] dump_stack_lvl+0x8e/0xd1\n[ 46.607446][ T7] print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x93/0x334\n[ 46.608610][ T7] ? kmemdup+0x3e/0x50\n[ 46.609341][ T7] kasan_report.cold+0x79/0xd5\n[ 46.610151][ T7] ? kmemdup+0x3e/0x50\n[ 46.610796][ T7] kasan_check_range+0x14e/0x1b0\n[ 46.611691][ T7] memcpy+0x20/0x60\n[ 46.612323][ T7] kmemdup+0x3e/0x50\n[ 46.612987][ T7] brcmf_get_assoc_ies+0x967/0xf60\n[ 46.613904][ T7] ? brcmf_notify_vif_event+0x3d0/0x3d0\n[ 46.614831][ T7] ? lock_chain_count+0x20/0x20\n[ 46.615683][ T7] ? mark_lock.part.0+0xfc/0x2770\n[ 46.616552][ T7] ? lock_chain_count+0x20/0x20\n[ 46.617409][ T7] ? mark_lock.part.0+0xfc/0x2770\n[ 46.618244][ T7] ? lock_chain_count+0x20/0x20\n[ 46.619024][ T7] brcmf_bss_connect_done.constprop.0+0x241/0x2e0\n[ 46.620019][ T7] ? brcmf_parse_configure_security.isra.0+0x2a0/0x2a0\n[ 46.620818][ T7] ? __lock_acquire+0x181f/0x5790\n[ 46.621462][ T7] brcmf_notify_connect_status+0x448/0x1950\n[ 46.622134][ T7] ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xb0\n[ 46.622736][ T7] ? brcmf_cfg80211_join_ibss+0x7b0/0x7b0\n[ 46.623390][ T7] ? find_held_lock+0x2d/0x110\n[ 46.623962][ T7] ? brcmf_fweh_event_worker+0x19f/0xc60\n[ 46.624603][ T7] ? mark_held_locks+0x9f/0xe0\n[ 46.625145][ T7] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x3e0/0x3e0\n[ 46.625871][ T7] ? brcmf_cfg80211_join_ibss+0x7b0/0x7b0\n[ 46.626545][ T7] brcmf_fweh_call_event_handler.isra.0+0x90/0x100\n[ 46.627338][ T7] brcmf_fweh_event_worker+0x557/0xc60\n[ 46.627962][ T7] ? brcmf_fweh_call_event_handler.isra.0+0x100/0x100\n[ 46.628736][ T7] ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0xa1/0xd0\n[ 46.629396][ T7] ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xb0\n[ 46.629970][ T7] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x273/0x3e0\n[ 46.630649][ T7] process_one_work+0x92b/0x1460\n[ 46.631205][ T7] ? pwq_dec_nr_in_flight+0x330/0x330\n[ 46.631821][ T7] ? rwlock_bug.part.0+0x90/0x90\n[ 46.632347][ T7] worker_thread+0x95/0xe00\n[ 46.632832][ T7] ? __kthread_parkme+0x115/0x1e0\n[ 46.633393][ T7] ? process_one_work+0x1460/0x1460\n[ 46.633957][ T7] kthread+0x3a1/0x480\n[ 46.634369][ T7] ? set_kthread_struct+0x120/0x120\n[ 46.634933][ T7] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30\n[ 46.635431][ T7]\n[ 46.635687][ T7] Allocated by task 7:\n[ 46.636151][ T7] kasan_save_stack+0x1b/0x40\n[ 46.636628][ T7] __kasan_kmalloc+0x7c/0x90\n[ 46.637108][ T7] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x19e/0x330\n[ 46.637696][ T7] brcmf_cfg80211_attach+0x4a0/0x4040\n[ 46.638275][ T7] brcmf_attach+0x389/0xd40\n[ 46.638739][ T7] brcmf_usb_probe+0x12de/0x1690\n[ 46.639279][ T7] usb_probe_interface+0x2aa/0x760\n[ 46.639820][ T7] really_probe+0x205/0xb70\n[ 46.640342][ T7] __driver_probe_device+0\n---truncated---" } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H", "baseScore": 8.1, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:A - brcmf_get_assoc_ies() runs on association/roam completion and trusts assoc_info req_len/resp_len from the fullmac firmware path driven by a wireless peer association; a malicious AP (or WiFi-NIC firmware compromise, treated as an over-the-air class) within radio range can induce oversized lengths, matching Adjacent scoring for unvalidated WiFi firmware-event bugs.\nAC:L - The attacker fully controls the length fields returned for the assoc_info iovar (malicious AP IE sizes or forged firmware/USB responses) and triggers connect/roam completion deterministically, with no race or layout dependency outside attacker influence.\nPR:N - No account or capability on the victim is required; a same-segment attacker only needs the station to associate (evil twin / open hotspot), and the vulnerable worker runs in kernel context with no authentication gate on the assoc_info response.\nUI:N - Auto-reconnect to an evil twin of a saved SSID, or NetworkManager bringing up a newly attached WiFi interface, completes association without further victim action; the attacker’s presence on the air segment is already priced into AV:A.\nS:U - The OOB read and nl80211 disclosure stay inside the host kernel’s own memory and security authority; no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - Attacker-controlled req_len/resp_len cause kmemdup() to read far past the 2048-byte extra_buf into adjacent slab, and that data is published to userspace via nl80211 connect/roam netlink multicast—an unbounded kernel heap disclosure.\nI:N - The defect is a pure out-of-bounds read: kmemdup only uses the oversized length as a memcpy source into a freshly allocated buffer, with no out-of-bounds or attacker-controlled write into existing kernel objects.\nA:H - The KASAN report documents a kernel panic on the multi-megabyte OOB read, and even modest oversize past the slab object can oops/panic the connect worker, repeatable on each association." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "cf2b448852abd47cee21007b8313fbf962bf3c9a", "lessThan": "ac5305e5d227b9af3aae25fa83380d3ff0225b73", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "cf2b448852abd47cee21007b8313fbf962bf3c9a", "lessThan": "39f9bd880abac6068bedb24a4e16e7bd26bf92da", "status": "affected", 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