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CVE-2023-53456

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: qla4xxx: Add length check when parsing nlattrs

There are three places that qla4xxx parses nlattrs:

  • qla4xxx_set_chap_entry()

  • qla4xxx_iface_set_param()

  • qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_set_param()

and each of them directly converts the nlattr to specific pointer of structure without length checking. This could be dangerous as those attributes are not validated and a malformed nlattr (e.g., length 0) could result in an OOB read that leaks heap dirty data.

Add the nla_len check before accessing the nlattr data and return EINVAL if the length check fails.

  • Published: Oct 1, 2025
  • Updated: Jan 17, 2026
  • CVE: CVE-2023-53456
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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