CVE-2026-53230

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When querying a VF\nvport with a larger configured max (via devlink), the firmware response\ncan overflow this buffer:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in mlx5_query_nic_vport_mac_list+0x453/0x4c0 [mlx5_core]\n Read of size 4 at addr ff1100013ffc8a12 by task kworker/u96:2/385\n\n CPU: 12 UID: 0 PID: 385 Comm: kworker/u96:2 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc6+ #1 PREEMPT\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)\n Workqueue: mlx5_esw_wq esw_vport_change_handler [mlx5_core]\n Call Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x69/0xa0\n print_report+0x176/0x4e4\n kasan_report+0xc8/0x100\n mlx5_query_nic_vport_mac_list+0x453/0x4c0 [mlx5_core]\n esw_update_vport_addr_list+0x2e3/0xda0 [mlx5_core]\n esw_vport_change_handle_locked+0xa1f/0x1060 [mlx5_core]\n esw_vport_change_handler+0x6a/0x90 [mlx5_core]\n process_one_work+0x87f/0x15e0\n worker_thread+0x62b/0x1020\n kthread+0x375/0x490\n ret_from_fork+0x4dc/0x810\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20\n </TASK>\n\nFix by querying the vport's own HCA caps to size the buffer correctly.\nRefactor the function to allocate and return the MAC list internally,\nremoving the caller's dependency on knowing the correct max."}], "lastModified": "2026-07-02T20:44:28.053", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "6E30A52D-8F23-418C-9E80-BFCE9BE6AE60", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.143", "versionStartIncluding": "4.5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "85421C0C-ABDE-4357-971C-67F9087DE1B9", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.94", "versionStartIncluding": "6.7"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "389025D2-958D-41BD-BD96-70ED1033A9F3", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.36", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "6A64BF9F-3BCA-42FD-98CB-8F03474D2B1E", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0.13", "versionStartIncluding": "6.19"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "B1EF7059-E670-45F4-B422-54C40FA86390"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "0D38F0BF-A728-4133-A358-D44A2F7EE6D6"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "EC732D08-5F7B-46D9-B154-E60C7F4F0A97"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "E5910A9D-F60A-409A-B486-FE66BFEBA9B9"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "81DFF19E-9CF8-49C6-8C36-1E4038622933"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "B0E8FC71-3952-444C-83E9-718DBBBEC615"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "1039E95A-8CC3-4C88-8FF9-5C08EEB861C9"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}