CVE-2023-53661
kernel: bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory()
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 7, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory()
The value of an arithmetic expression is subject of possible overflow due to a failure to cast operands to a larger data type before performing arithmetic. Used macro for multiplication instead operator for avoiding overflow.
Found by Security Code and Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound