Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2023-54284

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: av7110: prevent underflow in write_ts_to_decoder() The buf[4] value comes from the user via ts_play(). It is a value in the u8 range. The final length we pass to av7110_ipack_instant_repack() is "len - (buf[4] + 1) - 4" so add a check to ensure that the length is not negative. It's not clear that passing a negative len value does anything bad necessarily, but it's not best practice. With the new bounds checking the "if (!len)" condition is no longer possible or required so remove that.

EPSS: 0.002 (9.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions fd46d16d602ab7fd53cef7ff55b9dcb0b47ad3bf, 2.6.31, 0

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-54284?
CVE-2023-54284 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2025-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2023-54284?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.