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CVE-2023-53019 (GCVE-0-2023-53019)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-27 16:43 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:37
VLAI
Title
net: mdio: validate parameter addr in mdiobus_get_phy()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mdio: validate parameter addr in mdiobus_get_phy() The caller may pass any value as addr, what may result in an out-of-bounds access to array mdio_map. One existing case is stmmac_init_phy() that may pass -1 as addr. Therefore validate addr before using it.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 7f854420fbfe9d49afe2ffb1df052cfe8e215541 , < 1d80c259dfbadefa61b7ea334dfce5cb57f8c72f (git)
Affected: 7f854420fbfe9d49afe2ffb1df052cfe8e215541 , < c431a3d642593bbdb99e8a9e3eed608b730db6f8 (git)
Affected: 7f854420fbfe9d49afe2ffb1df052cfe8e215541 , < 8a7b9560a3a8eb8724888c426e05926752f73aa0 (git)
Affected: 7f854420fbfe9d49afe2ffb1df052cfe8e215541 , < 4bc5f1f6bc94e695dfd912122af96e7115a0ddb8 (git)
Affected: 7f854420fbfe9d49afe2ffb1df052cfe8e215541 , < ad67de330d83e8078372b52af18ffe8d39e26c85 (git)
Affected: 7f854420fbfe9d49afe2ffb1df052cfe8e215541 , < 7879626296e6ffd838ae0f2af1ab49ee46354973 (git)
Affected: 7f854420fbfe9d49afe2ffb1df052cfe8e215541 , < 867dbe784c5010a466f00a7d1467c1c5ea569c75 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.5
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.14.305 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver)
Unaffected: 4.19.272 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.231 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.166 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.91 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.9 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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      "initial_release_date": "2025-03-28T03:37:44Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "500",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "126",
      "product_status:recommended": "291",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2023-53019",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2023-53019.json",
      "version": "29"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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