CVE-2023-52511

spi: sun6i: reduce DMA RX transfer width to single byte

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: March 2, 2024 at 09:52 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:42 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: sun6i: reduce DMA RX transfer width to single byte Through empirical testing it has been determined that sometimes RX SPI transfers with DMA enabled return corrupted data. This is down to single or even multiple bytes lost during DMA transfer from SPI peripheral to memory. It seems the RX FIFO within the SPI peripheral can become confused when performing bus read accesses wider than a single byte to it during an active SPI transfer. This patch reduces the width of individual DMA read accesses to the RX FIFO to a single byte to mitigate that issue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.15.1345.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1345.11 ≤ v < 6.1.565.11 ≤ v < 6.5.65.11 ≤ v < 6.65.16 ≤ v < 6.1.566.2 ≤ v < 6.5.6345980a3a5e5e1c99fc621e2ce878fb150ad22875.11
Vendor states this is fixed in 171f8a49f212e87a8b04087568e1b3d132e36a18 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b3c21c9c7289692f4019f163c3b06d8bdf78b355 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e15bb292b24630ee832bfc7fd616bd72c7682bbb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ff05ed4ae214011464a0156f05cac1b0b46b5fbc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.134 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.56 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.5.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6 (unaffected)

References (4)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/171f8a49f212e87a8b04087568e1b3d132e36a18
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3c21c9c7289692f4019f163c3b06d8bdf78b355
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e15bb292b24630ee832bfc7fd616bd72c7682bbb
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff05ed4ae214011464a0156f05cac1b0b46b5fbc

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.3MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
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