CVE-2023-53066 (GCVE-0-2023-53066)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-02 15:55 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:37
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Title
qed/qed_sriov: guard against NULL derefs from qed_iov_get_vf_info
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: qed/qed_sriov: guard against NULL derefs from qed_iov_get_vf_info We have to make sure that the info returned by the helper is valid before using it. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the SVACE static analysis tool.
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Linux Linux Affected: 733def6a04bf3d2810dd675e1240f8df94d633c3 , < 7bd0037822fd04da13721f77a42ee5a077d4c5fb (git)
Affected: 733def6a04bf3d2810dd675e1240f8df94d633c3 , < 7742c08e012eb65405e8304d100641638c5ff882 (git)
Affected: 733def6a04bf3d2810dd675e1240f8df94d633c3 , < 42d72c6d1edc9dc09a5d6f6695d257fa9e9cc270 (git)
Affected: 733def6a04bf3d2810dd675e1240f8df94d633c3 , < 39c3b9dd481c3afce9439b29bafe00444cb4406b (git)
Affected: 733def6a04bf3d2810dd675e1240f8df94d633c3 , < e42d3bde4ec03c863259878dddaef5c351cca7ad (git)
Affected: 733def6a04bf3d2810dd675e1240f8df94d633c3 , < 97ea704f39b5ded96f071e98701aa543f6f89683 (git)
Affected: 733def6a04bf3d2810dd675e1240f8df94d633c3 , < b224b0cab3a66e93d414825065a2e667a1d28c32 (git)
Affected: 733def6a04bf3d2810dd675e1240f8df94d633c3 , < 25143b6a01d0cc5319edd3de22ffa2578b045550 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.7
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.7 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.14.312 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver)
Unaffected: 4.19.280 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.240 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.177 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.105 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.22 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.2.9 , ≤ 6.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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