Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026
phy: hisilicon: Fix an out of bounds check in hisi_inno_phy_probe()
CVE-2023-53238
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
phy: hisilicon: Fix an out of bounds check in hisi_inno_phy_probe()
The size of array 'priv->ports[]' is INNO_PHY_PORT_NUM.
In the for loop, 'i' is used as the index for array 'priv->ports[]' with a check (i > INNO_PHY_PORT_NUM) which indicates that INNO_PHY_PORT_NUM is allowed value for 'i' in the same loop.
This > comparison needs to be changed to >=, otherwise it potentially leads to an out of bounds write on the next iteration through the loop
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 4.17
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/01cb355bb92e8fcf8306e11a4774d610c5864e39mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/13c088cf3657d70893d75cf116be937f1509cc0fmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/195e806b2afb0bad6470c9094f7e45e0cf109ee0mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2843a2e703f5cb85c9eeca11b7ee90861635a010mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d8a71e4c3a2fa4960cc50996e76a42b62fab677mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad249aa3c38f329f91fba8b4b3cd087e79fb0ce8mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce69eac840db0b559994dc4290fce3d7c0d7bccdmitre
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