CVE-2023-53524
Published: Oct 1, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: Fix integer overflow in iwl_write_to_user_buf An integer overflow occurs in the iwl_write_to_user_buf() function, which is called by the iwl_dbgfs_monitor_data_read() function. static bool iwl_write_to_user_buf(char __user *user_buf, ssize_t count, void *buf, ssize_t *size, ssize_t *bytes_copied) { int buf_size_left = count - *bytes_copied; buf_size_left = buf_size_left - (buf_size_left % sizeof(u32)); if (*size > buf_size_left) *size = buf_size_left; If the user passes a SIZE_MAX value to the "ssize_t count" parameter, the ssize_t count parameter is assigned to "int buf_size_left". Then compare "*size" with "buf_size_left" . Here, "buf_size_left" is a negative number, so "*size" is assigned "buf_size_left" and goes into the third argument of the copy_to_user function, causing a heap overflow. This is not a security vulnerability because iwl_dbgfs_monitor_data_read() is a debugfs operation with 0400 privileges.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected f7805b33f9b13a87b1fcf9dfbc3dcbce281a1436 - < 0ad8dd870aa187d0c21d032bb2c6433559075eecaffected f7805b33f9b13a87b1fcf9dfbc3dcbce281a1436 - < 059e426d666a41e26b184c177c1ca3ee2d6fa1b6affected f7805b33f9b13a87b1fcf9dfbc3dcbce281a1436 - < 82f877ec9b041edc4c7c509c605cc3393d837bf0affected f7805b33f9b13a87b1fcf9dfbc3dcbce281a1436 - < eb1ef44efac797b384d361a76e33f77027c29a14affected f7805b33f9b13a87b1fcf9dfbc3dcbce281a1436 - < de78456976026102babe66258c228691ca5677c0+1 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.0unaffected 0 - < 5.0unaffected 5.4.244 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.181 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.113 - <= 5.15.*+3 more versions |
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