CVE-2023-53238: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.17, before 4.19.291 (fixed in 4.19.291); from 4.20, before 5.4.253 (fixed in 5.4.253); from 5.5, before 5.10.190 (fixed in 5.10.190); from 5.11, before 5.15.124 (fixed in 5.15.124); from 5.16, before 6.1.43 (fixed in 6.1.43); from 6.2, before 6.4.8 (fixed in 6.4.8); …

Published 2025-09-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.