CVE-2023-53661

bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory()

published October 7, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory()

The value of an arithmetic expression is subject

of possible overflow due to a failure to cast operands to a larger data

type before performing arithmetic. Used macro for multiplication instead

operator for avoiding overflow.

Found by Security Code and Linux Verification

Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00155 · 4.3th percentile
Published
2025-10-07T15:21Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 OCT 15:21Z
    bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory()
    cvelistv5