PT-2025-18903 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Published 2023-02-28 · Updated 2025-07-10 · CVE-2023-53139

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved. The issue is related to the devm kmalloc array function in the fdp nci i2c read device properties function, which may fail and cause *fw vsc cfg to be null. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write in the device property read u8 array function.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-03958

CVE-2023-53139

SUSE-SU-2025:01918-1

SUSE-SU-2025:01966-1

SUSE-SU-2025:01983-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02262-1

SUSE-SU-2025:2173-1

SUSE-SU-2025_01983-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02173-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02262-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 665

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53139.json · Exploit
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80be62358fa5507cefbaa067c7e6648401f2c3da · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98f49e693e02c1dafd5786be3468657840dd6f06 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a3664a1058d4b2b1ea2112cc275ca47fba7fc08 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce93f1afc05941a572f5a69e2ed4012af905a693 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53139 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-03958 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53139 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02262-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53139 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53139 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4357bbb921fe9e81d0fd9f70d669d1f177d8380e · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-53139 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:01983-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1 · Vendor Advisory