CVE-2023-54168 (GCVE-0-2023-54168)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-30 12:08 – Updated: 2026-08-05 09:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
RDMA/mlx4: Prevent shift wrapping in set_user_sq_size()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/mlx4: Prevent shift wrapping in set_user_sq_size()
The ucmd->log_sq_bb_count variable is controlled by the user so this
shift can wrap. Fix it by using check_shl_overflow() in the same way
that it was done in commit 515f60004ed9 ("RDMA/hns: Prevent undefined
behavior in hns_roce_set_user_sq_size()").
Severity
7.8 (High)
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
839041329fd3410e07d614f81e75bb43367d8f89 , < 3d5ae269c4bd392ec1edbfb3bd031b8f42d7feff
(git)
Affected: 839041329fd3410e07d614f81e75bb43367d8f89 , < 8feca625900777e02a449e53fe4121339934c38a (git) Affected: 839041329fd3410e07d614f81e75bb43367d8f89 , < 9ad3221c86cc9c6305594b742d4a72dfbd4ea579 (git) Affected: 839041329fd3410e07d614f81e75bb43367d8f89 , < 9911be2155720221a4f1f722b22bd0e2388d8bcf (git) Affected: 839041329fd3410e07d614f81e75bb43367d8f89 , < 3ce0df3493277b9df275cb8455d9c677ae701230 (git) Affected: 839041329fd3410e07d614f81e75bb43367d8f89 , < 196a6df08b08699ace4ce70e1efcdd9081b6565f (git) Affected: 839041329fd3410e07d614f81e75bb43367d8f89 , < a183905869e692b6b7805b7472235585eff8e429 (git) Affected: 839041329fd3410e07d614f81e75bb43367d8f89 , < d50b3c73f1ac20dabc53dc6e9d64ce9c79a331eb (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
2.6.24
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.24 (semver) Unaffected: 4.19.283 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.243 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.180 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.111 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.28 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.2.15 , ≤ 6.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.3.2 , ≤ 6.3.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.4 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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