{"cve":"CVE-2023-53238","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-15T15:15:50.887","modified":"2026-06-17T06:44:35.840","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nphy: hisilicon: Fix an out of bounds check in hisi_inno_phy_probe()\n\nThe size of array 'priv->ports[]' is INNO_PHY_PORT_NUM.\n\nIn the for loop, 'i' is used as the index for array 'priv->ports[]'\nwith a check (i > INNO_PHY_PORT_NUM) which indicates that\nINNO_PHY_PORT_NUM is allowed value for 'i' in the same loop.\n\nThis > comparison needs to be changed to >=, otherwise it potentially leads\nto an out of bounds write on the next iteration through the loop","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01cb355bb92e8fcf8306e11a4774d610c5864e39","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13c088cf3657d70893d75cf116be937f1509cc0f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/195e806b2afb0bad6470c9094f7e45e0cf109ee0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2843a2e703f5cb85c9eeca11b7ee90861635a010","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d8a71e4c3a2fa4960cc50996e76a42b62fab677"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:08:41.295252406+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53238","score":0.00164,"percentile":0.05571,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}