Out-of-bounds Read in Linux

CVE-2023-53646

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/perf: add sentinel to xehp_oa_b_counters Arrays passed to reg_in_range_table should end with empty record. The patch solves KASAN detected bug with signature: BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in xehp_is_valid_b_counter_addr+0x2c7/0x350 [i915] Read of size 4 at addr ffffffffa1555d90 by task perf/1518 CPU: 4 PID: 1518 Comm: perf Tainted: G U 6.4.0-kasan_438-g3303d06107f3+ #1 Hardware name: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake Client Platform/MTL-P DDR5 SODIMM SBS RVP, BIOS MTLPFWI1.R00.3223.D80.2305311348 05/31/2023 Call Trace: <TASK> ... xehp_is_valid_b_counter_addr+0x2c7/0x350 [i915] (cherry picked from commit 2f42c5afb34b5696cf5fe79e744f99be9b218798)

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.4th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 8.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-53646: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 0fa9349dda030fa847b36f880a5eea25c3202b66, 6.2, 0
  • Linux Kernel — versions 6.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53646?
CVE-2023-53646 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2023-53646?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.