Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 7, 2025· Updated Jan 5, 2026
bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory()
CVE-2023-53661
Description
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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 4.4
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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