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Unscored CVE-2023-52494 EUVD-2023-57119GHSA-ggvx-h8v5-pm3j

bus: mhi: host: Add alignment check for event ring read pointer

Published Feb 29, 2024 · Updated Jul 24, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bus: mhi: host: Add alignment check for event ring read pointer

Though we do check the event ring read pointer by "is_valid_ring_ptr"
to make sure it is in the buffer range, but there is another risk the
pointer may be not aligned. Since we are expecting event ring elements
are 128 bits(struct mhi_ring_element) aligned, an unaligned read pointer
could lead to multiple issues like DoS or ring buffer memory corruption.

So add a alignment check for event ring read pointer.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.10.36 – < 5.10.261, 5.11.20 – < 5.12, 5.12.3 – < 5.13, 5.13 5.10.261

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.6.15-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.6.15-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.76-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1043.45 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-106.116 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1061.67 USN-6766-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1063.72 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.5 6.5.0-1022.23~22.04.1 USN-6819-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1063.72.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1059.67 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.5 6.5.0-1022.24~22.04.1 USN-6818-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1058.63 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1044.51 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-41.41~22.04.2 USN-6818-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1054.57 USN-6766-2, USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1057.63 USN-6795-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-41.41.1~22.04.1 USN-6818-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1054.55 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.5 6.5.0-1021.22 USN-6818-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1026.26 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1015.15 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oem-6.5 6.5.0-1024.25 USN-6819-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1059.65 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.5 6.5.0-1024.24~22.04.1 USN-6819-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.5 6.5.0-40.40.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-starfive-6.5 6.5.0-1015.16~22.04.1 USN-6819-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1030.34 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1061.67~20.04.1 USN-6766-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1063.72~20.04.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1063.72~20.04.1.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1059.67~20.04.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1044.51~20.04.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-106.116~20.04.1 USN-6766-2, USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1054.57~20.04.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1058.64~20.04.1 USN-6828-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1027.27~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1059.65~20.04.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1057.61~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2001.1 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1054.56 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1062.70 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1061.67+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1063.72+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-106.116+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1059.67+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1490-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1.150500.6.25.7 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1.150500.6.25.7 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.47.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1466-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_13 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1466-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_12 1-150500.11.7.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.47.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1466-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dtb-aarch64 +10 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1490-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1.150500.6.25.7 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.47.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1466-1

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