Evidence used
- No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
- Exploitation requires an existing local or physical foothold with privileges.
- EPSS is 0.16% for the current model date.
BlackTreeCVE IntelligenceFull vulnerability report · 2025
CVE-2023-53265High confidence
ubi: ensure that VID header offset + VID header size <= alloc, size
Linux · Linux
7.1HighCVSS 3.1
Patch only the product branches with a verified fix
Fix availability varies by productHigh technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance. Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 9 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.
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Open reassessment dashboard →Operational reassessment
Published severity in operational context
Published severityHigh→Operational priority:Medium, lowered one band.downgradedsince 11 May 2026
Compensating controls
- Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
- Restrict local access and enforce least privilege on affected hosts.
- Monitor vendor guidance and exploitation sources for a material change.
Verification
- Confirm that the asset runs Linux Linux and falls inside the recorded affected range.
- Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
- Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
- Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Remediation availability differs by product scope
Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 9 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.
- Canonical Ubuntu Security: 9 affected package states with no published fix
Distribution package intelligence
13 package statesRelease-specific package status
Debian, ubuntu findings are scoped to the named distribution, release and source package. An absent finding does not mean a package is unaffected.
Package result overrides the generic status
BlackTree has verified remediation for at least one product or source, but the relevant distribution still reports no fixed package for 9 affected package states shown here. Treat those rows as affected with no fix until that distribution publishes a fixed version.
Repository candidate not checked
A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.
| Distribution release | Source package | Vendor state | Fixed version | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian trixietrixie · source | linux | Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release. | 6.1.20-1 | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026 |
| Debian bookwormbookworm · source | linux | Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release. | 6.1.20-1 | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026 |
| Debian forkyforky · source | linux | Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release. | 6.1.20-1 | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026 |
| Debian sidsid · source | linux | Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release. | 6.1.20-1 | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-azure-6.11 | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-gcp-6.11 | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-hwe-6.11 | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-intel | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-oem-6.11 | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-raspi-realtime | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-realtime | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-riscv | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
Direct vendor intelligence
1 currentAuthoritative vendor CSAF and VEX advisories
Structured product status and remediation from the issuing vendor. Product-state explanations are always visible; large lists can be searched or downloaded.
CVE-2023-53265 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 29 · interimSUSE Product Security TeamCVE-2023-53265
The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.
- kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
- kernel-default-base as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
- kernel-default-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
- kernel-default-man as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
- kernel-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
- kernel-macros as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
- kernel-source as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
- kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
- kernel-default-base as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
- kernel-default-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
- kernel-default-man as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
- kernel-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
- Summary
- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ubi: ensure that VID header offset + VID header size __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x85/0xad lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:317 [inline] print_report.cold.13+0xb6/0x6bb mm/kasan/report.c:433 kasan_report+0xa7/0x11b mm/kasan/report.c:495 crc32_body lib/crc32.c:111 [inline] crc32_le_generic lib/crc32.c:179 [inline] crc32_le_base+0x58c/0x626 lib/crc32.c:197 ubi_io_write_vid_hdr+0x1b7/0x472 drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c:1067 create_vtbl+0x4d5/0x9c4 drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:317 create_empty_lvol drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:500 [inline] ubi_read_volume_table+0x67b/0x288a drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:812 ubi_attach+0xf34/0x1603 drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c:1601 ubi_attach_mtd_dev+0x6f3/0x185e drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c:965 ctrl_cdev_ioctl+0x2db/0x347 drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c:1043 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x213 fs/ioctl.c:856 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3e/0x86 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x0 RIP: 0033:0x7f96d5cf753d Code: RSP: 002b:00007fffd72206f8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f96d5cf753d RDX: 0000000020000080 RSI: 0000000040186f40 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 0000000000400cd0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000400be0 R13: 00007fffd72207e0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 Allocated by task 1555: kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x3d mm/kasan/common.c:38 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline] set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:437 [inline] ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:516 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x88/0xa3 mm/kasan/common.c:525 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:234 [inline] __kmalloc+0x138/0x257 mm/slub.c:4429 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:605 [inline] ubi_alloc_vid_buf drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h:1093 [inline] create_vtbl+0xcc/0x9c4 drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:295 create_empty_lvol drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:500 [inline] ubi_read_volume_table+0x67b/0x288a drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:812 ubi_attach+0xf34/0x1603 drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c:1601 ubi_attach_mtd_dev+0x6f3/0x185e drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c:965 ctrl_cdev_ioctl+0x2db/0x347 drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c:1043 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x213 fs/ioctl.c:856 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3e/0x86 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x0 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88802bb36e00 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256 The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of 256-byte region [ffff88802bb36e00, ffff88802bb36f00) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page:00000000ea4d1263 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x2bb36 head:00000000ea4d1263 order:1 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0 flags: 0xfffffc0010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) raw: 000fffffc0010200 ffffea000066c300 dead000000000003 ffff888100042b40 raw: 0000000000000000 00000000001 ---truncated---
- Remediation
- To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance. Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 9 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.
Fix availability varies by product01
What, why and how
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ubi: ensure that VID header offset + VID header size <= alloc, size Ensure that the VID header offset + VID header size does not exceed the allocated area to avoid slab OOB. BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in crc32_body lib/crc32.c:111 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in crc32_le_generic lib/crc32.c:179 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in crc32_le_base+0x58c/0x626 lib/crc32.c:197 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88802bb36f00 by task syz-executor136/1555 CPU: 2 PID: 1555 Comm: syz-executor136 Tainted: G W 6.0.0-1868 #1 Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.13.0-2.module+el8.3.0+7860+a7792d29 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x85/0xad lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:317 [inline] print_report.cold.13+0xb6/0x6bb mm/kasan/report.c:433 kasan_report+0xa7/0x11b mm/kasan/report.c:495 crc32_body lib/crc32.c:111 [inline] crc32_le_generic lib/crc32.c:179 [inline] crc32_le_base+0x58c/0x626 lib/crc32.c:197 ubi_io_write_vid_hdr+0x1b7/0x472 drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c:1067 create_vtbl+0x4d5/0x9c4 drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:317 create_empty_lvol drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:500 [inline] ubi_read_volume_table+0x67b/0x288a drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:812 ubi_attach+0xf34/0x1603 drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c:1601 ubi_attach_mtd_dev+0x6f3/0x185e drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c:965 ctrl_cdev_ioctl+0x2db/0x347 drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c:1043 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x213 fs/ioctl.c:856 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3e/0x86 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x0 RIP: 0033:0x7f96d5cf753d Code: RSP: 002b:00007fffd72206f8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f96d5cf753d RDX: 0000000020000080 RSI: 0000000040186f40 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 0000000000400cd0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000400be0 R13: 00007fffd72207e0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 </TASK> Allocated by task 1555: kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x3d mm/kasan/common.c:38 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline] set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:437 [inline] ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:516 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x88/0xa3 mm/kasan/common.c:525 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:234 [inline] __kmalloc+0x138/0x257 mm/slub.c:4429 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:605 [inline] ubi_alloc_vid_buf drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h:1093 [inline] create_vtbl+0xcc/0x9c4 drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:295 create_empty_lvol drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:500 [inline] ubi_read_volume_table+0x67b/0x288a drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:812 ubi_attach+0xf34/0x1603 drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c:1601 ubi_attach_mtd_dev+0x6f3/0x185e drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c:965 ctrl_cdev_ioctl+0x2db/0x347 drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c:1043 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x213 fs/ioctl.c:856 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3e/0x86 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x0 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88802bb36e00 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256 The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of 256-byte region [ffff88802bb36e00, ffff88802bb36f00) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page:00000000ea4d1263 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x2bb36 head:00000000ea4d1263 order:1 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0 flags: 0xfffffc0010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) raw: 000fffffc0010200 ffffea000066c300 dead000000000003 ffff888100042b40 raw: 0000000000000000 00000000001 ---truncated---
What
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ubi: ensure that VID header offset + VID header size <= alloc, size Ensure that the VID header offset + VID header size does not exceed the allocated area to avoid slab OOB. BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in crc32_body lib/crc32.c:111 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in crc32_le_generic lib/crc32.c:179 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in crc32_le_base+0x58c/0x626 lib/crc32.c:197 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88802bb36f00 by task syz-executor136/1555 CPU: 2 PID: 1555 Comm: syz-executor136 Tainted: G W 6.0.0-1868 #1 Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.13.0-2.module+el8.3.0+7860+a7792d29 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x85/0xad lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:317 [inline] print_report.cold.13+0xb6/0x6bb mm/kasan/report.c:433 kasan_report+0xa7/0x11b mm/kasan/report.c:495 crc32_body lib/crc32.c:111 [inline] crc32_le_generic lib/crc32.c:179 [inline] crc32_le_base+0x58c/0x626 lib/crc32.c:197 ubi_io_write_vid_hdr+0x1b7/0x472 drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c:1067 create_vtbl+0x4d5/0x9c4 drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:317 create_empty_lvol drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:500 [inline] ubi_read_volume_table+0x67b/0x288a drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:812 ubi_attach+0xf34/0x1603 drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c:1601 ubi_attach_mtd_dev+0x6f3/0x185e drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c:965 ctrl_cdev_ioctl+0x2db/0x347 drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c:1043 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x213 fs/ioctl.c:856 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3e/0x86 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x0 RIP: 0033:0x7f96d5cf753d Code: RSP: 002b:00007fffd72206f8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f96d5cf753d RDX: 0000000020000080 RSI: 0000000040186f40 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 0000000000400cd0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000400be0 R13: 00007fffd72207e0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 </TASK> Allocated by task 1555: kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x3d mm/kasan/common.c:38 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline] set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:437 [inline] ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:516 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x88/0xa3 mm/kasan/common.c:525 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:234 [inline] __kmalloc+0x138/0x257 mm/slub.c:4429 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:605 [inline] ubi_alloc_vid_buf drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h:1093 [inline] create_vtbl+0xcc/0x9c4 drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:295 create_empty_lvol drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:500 [inline] ubi_read_volume_table+0x67b/0x288a drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:812 ubi_attach+0xf34/0x1603 drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c:1601 ubi_attach_mtd_dev+0x6f3/0x185e drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c:965 ctrl_cdev_ioctl+0x2db/0x347 drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c:1043 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x213 fs/ioctl.c:856 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3e/0x86 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x0 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88802bb36e00 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256 The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of 256-byte region [ffff88802bb36e00, ffff88802bb36f00) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page:00000000ea4d1263 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x2bb36 head:00000000ea4d1263 order:1 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0 flags: 0xfffffc0010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) raw: 000fffffc0010200 ffffea000066c300 dead000000000003 ffff888100042b40 raw: 0000000000000000 00000000001 ---truncated---
Why
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
How
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
What
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ubi: ensure that VID header offset + VID header size <= alloc, size Ensure that the VID header offset + VID header size does not exceed the allocated area to avoid slab OOB. BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in crc32_body lib/crc32.c:111 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in crc32_le_generic lib/crc32.c:179 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in crc32_le_base+0x58c/0x626 lib/crc32.c:197 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88802bb36f00 by task syz-executor136/1555 CPU: 2 PID: 1555 Comm: syz-executor136 Tainted: G W 6.0.0-1868 #1 Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.13.0-2.module+el8.3.0+7860+a7792d29 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x85/0xad lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:317 [inline] print_report.cold.13+0xb6/0x6bb mm/kasan/report.c:433 kasan_report+0xa7/0x11b mm/kasan/report.c:495 crc32_body lib/crc32.c:111 [inline] crc32_le_generic lib/crc32.c:179 [inline] crc32_le_base+0x58c/0x626 lib/crc32.c:197 ubi_io_write_vid_hdr+0x1b7/0x472 drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c:1067 create_vtbl+0x4d5/0x9c4 drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:317 create_empty_lvol drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:500 [inline] ubi_read_volume_table+0x67b/0x288a drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:812 ubi_attach+0xf34/0x1603 drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c:1601 ubi_attach_mtd_dev+0x6f3/0x185e drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c:965 ctrl_cdev_ioctl+0x2db/0x347 drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c:1043 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x213 fs/ioctl.c:856 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3e/0x86 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x0 RIP: 0033:0x7f96d5cf753d Code: RSP: 002b:00007fffd72206f8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f96d5cf753d RDX: 0000000020000080 RSI: 0000000040186f40 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 0000000000400cd0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000400be0 R13: 00007fffd72207e0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 </TASK> Allocated by task 1555: kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x3d mm/kasan/common.c:38 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline] set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:437 [inline] ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:516 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x88/0xa3 mm/kasan/common.c:525 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:234 [inline] __kmalloc+0x138/0x257 mm/slub.c:4429 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:605 [inline] ubi_alloc_vid_buf drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h:1093 [inline] create_vtbl+0xcc/0x9c4 drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:295 create_empty_lvol drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:500 [inline] ubi_read_volume_table+0x67b/0x288a drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c:812 ubi_attach+0xf34/0x1603 drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c:1601 ubi_attach_mtd_dev+0x6f3/0x185e drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c:965 ctrl_cdev_ioctl+0x2db/0x347 drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c:1043 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x213 fs/ioctl.c:856 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3e/0x86 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x0 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88802bb36e00 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256 The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of 256-byte region [ffff88802bb36e00, ffff88802bb36f00) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page:00000000ea4d1263 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x2bb36 head:00000000ea4d1263 order:1 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0 flags: 0xfffffc0010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) raw: 000fffffc0010200 ffffea000066c300 dead000000000003 ffff888100042b40 raw: 0000000000000000 00000000001 ---truncated---
Why
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
How
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
02
Exploit reality and attack path
CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.
Observed exploitation No confirmed evidence
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Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.
Public PoC / exploit material None recorded
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Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.
- Likely attack path
- local access → Out-of-bounds Read → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
- Attack surface
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low: a basic authenticated account is required
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
- Security boundary
- Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
- Weakness
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CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness. - CWE-125 ↗
CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
- CVSS vector
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CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity. CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HCommon Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.
AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.INoneIntegrity impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.- Post-exploitation / living off the land
- The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
03
Patch and workaround
Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.
- Status
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Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change. - Fix availability varies by product
- Affected
- kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
- kernel-default-base as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
- kernel-default-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
- kernel-default-man as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
- kernel-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
- kernel-macros as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
- kernel-source as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
- kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
- kernel-default-base as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
- kernel-default-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
- kernel-default-man as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
- kernel-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
- kernel-macros as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
- kernel-source as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
- reiserfs-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
- kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE
- kernel-default-base as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE
- kernel-default-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE
- kernel-source as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE
- kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS
- kernel-source as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS
- kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS
- kernel-default-base as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS
- kernel-default-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS
- kernel-default-man as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS
- kernel-devel as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS
- kernel-macros as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS
- kernel-source as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS
- kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
- kernel-default-base as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
- and 51 more
- Action
- Use the product-specific evidence above. Patch only products with a verified fixed release, and keep every affected or under-investigation state without a matching fix in the remediation queue.
- Workaround
- No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04
Evidence and provenance
Published 16 Sept 2025 · Last source change 11 May 2026, 19:41 UTC · CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
EPSS source FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
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The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-59924
Product sourceVendor CSAF · SUSE Product Security Team
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · SUSE Product Security Team
CWE sourceCISA ADP
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment
Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.
Material change intelligence
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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
- CVE
- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
- CVSS
- Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
- CWE
- Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
- CNA
- CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
- CISA ADP
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
- NVD
- National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
- CERT / CSIRT
- A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
- PoC
- Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
- CSAF
- Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
- LoTL
- Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.