CVE-2023-54168: Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx4: Prevent shift wrapping in set_user_sq_size() The ucmd->log_sq_bb_count variable is controlled by the user so this shift can wrap. Fix it by using check_shl_overflow() in the same way that it was done in commit 515f60004ed9 ("RDMA/hns: Prevent undefined behavior in hns_roce_set_user_sq_size()").

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 2.6.24, before 4.19.283 (fixed in 4.19.283); from 4.20, before 5.4.243 (fixed in 5.4.243); from 5.5, before 5.10.180 (fixed in 5.10.180); from 5.11, before 5.15.111 (fixed in 5.15.111); from 5.16, before 6.1.28 (fixed in 6.1.28); from 6.2, before 6.2.15 (fixed in 6.2.15); …

Published 2025-12-30. Last modified 2026-08-04.