{"cve":"CVE-2023-53679","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-07T16:15:52.037","modified":"2026-10-15T22:17:46.143","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt7601u: fix an integer underflow\n\nFix an integer underflow that leads to a null pointer dereference in\n'mt7601u_rx_skb_from_seg()'. The variable 'dma_len' in the URB packet\ncould be manipulated, which could trigger an integer underflow of\n'seg_len' in 'mt7601u_rx_process_seg()'. This underflow subsequently\ncauses the 'bad_frame' checks in 'mt7601u_rx_skb_from_seg()' to be\nbypassed, eventually leading to a dereference of the pointer 'p', which\nis a null pointer.\n\nEnsure that 'dma_len' is greater than 'min_seg_len'.\n\nFound by a modified version of syzkaller.\n\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f]\nCPU: 0 PID: 12 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Tainted: G        W  O      5.14.0+\n#139\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS\nrel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:skb_add_rx_frag+0x143/0x370\nCode: e2 07 83 c2 03 38 ca 7c 08 84 c9 0f 85 86 01 00 00 4c 8d 7d 08 44\n89 68 08 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02\n00 0f 85 cd 01 00 00 48 8b 45 08 a8 01 0f 85 3d 01 00 00\nRSP: 0018:ffffc900000cfc90 EFLAGS: 00010202\nRAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff888115520dc0 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffff8881118430c0 RDI: ffff8881118430f8\nRBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000e09 R09: 0000000000000010\nR10: ffff888111843017 R11: ffffed1022308602 R12: 0000000000000000\nR13: 0000000000000e09 R14: 0000000000000010 R15: 0000000000000008\nFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88811a800000(0000)\nknlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 000000004035af40 CR3: 00000001157f2000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nPKRU: 55555554\nCall Trace:\n mt7601u_rx_tasklet+0xc73/0x1270\n ? mt7601u_submit_rx_buf.isra.0+0x510/0x510\n ? tasklet_action_common.isra.0+0x79/0x2f0\n tasklet_action_common.isra.0+0x206/0x2f0\n __do_softirq+0x1b5/0x880\n ? tasklet_unlock+0x30/0x30\n run_ksoftirqd+0x26/0x50\n smpboot_thread_fn+0x34f/0x7d0\n ? smpboot_register_percpu_thread+0x370/0x370\n kthread+0x3a1/0x480\n ? set_kthread_struct+0x120/0x120\n ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30\nModules linked in: 88XXau(O) 88x2bu(O)\n---[ end trace 57f34f93b4da0f9b ]---\nRIP: 0010:skb_add_rx_frag+0x143/0x370\nCode: e2 07 83 c2 03 38 ca 7c 08 84 c9 0f 85 86 01 00 00 4c 8d 7d 08 44\n89 68 08 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02\n00 0f 85 cd 01 00 00 48 8b 45 08 a8 01 0f 85 3d 01 00 00\nRSP: 0018:ffffc900000cfc90 EFLAGS: 00010202\nRAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff888115520dc0 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffff8881118430c0 RDI: ffff8881118430f8\nRBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000e09 R09: 0000000000000010\nR10: ffff888111843017 R11: ffffed1022308602 R12: 0000000000000000\nR13: 0000000000000e09 R14: 0000000000000010 R15: 0000000000000008\nFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88811a800000(0000)\nknlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 000000004035af40 CR3: 00000001157f2000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nPKRU: 55555554","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-191"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a1f43059afae5cc9409e0c3bc63bfc09bc8facb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47dc1f425af57b71111d7b01ebd24e04e8d967ef","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61d0163e2be7a439cf6f82e9ad7de563ecf41e7a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67e4519afba215199b6dfa39ce5d7ea673ee4138","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/803f3176c5df3b5582c27ea690f204abb60b19b9"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:11:26.888974865+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53679","score":0.00235,"percentile":0.14378,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}