CVE-2023-53344

can: bcm: bcm_tx_setup(): fix KMSAN uninit-value in vfs_write

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2025 at 02:56 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: bcm_tx_setup(): fix KMSAN uninit-value in vfs_write Syzkaller reported the following issue: ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in aio_rw_done fs/aio.c:1520 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in aio_write+0x899/0x950 fs/aio.c:1600 aio_rw_done fs/aio.c:1520 [inline] aio_write+0x899/0x950 fs/aio.c:1600 io_submit_one+0x1d1c/0x3bf0 fs/aio.c:2019 __do_sys_io_submit fs/aio.c:2078 [inline] __se_sys_io_submit+0x293/0x770 fs/aio.c:2048 __x64_sys_io_submit+0x92/0xd0 fs/aio.c:2048 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:766 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3452 [inline] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x71f/0xce0 mm/slub.c:3491 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:967 [inline] __kmalloc+0x11d/0x3b0 mm/slab_common.c:981 kmalloc_array include/linux/slab.h:636 [inline] bcm_tx_setup+0x80e/0x29d0 net/can/bcm.c:930 bcm_sendmsg+0x3a2/0xce0 net/can/bcm.c:1351 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:734 [inline] sock_write_iter+0x495/0x5e0 net/socket.c:1108 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2189 [inline] aio_write+0x63a/0x950 fs/aio.c:1600 io_submit_one+0x1d1c/0x3bf0 fs/aio.c:2019 __do_sys_io_submit fs/aio.c:2078 [inline] __se_sys_io_submit+0x293/0x770 fs/aio.c:2048 __x64_sys_io_submit+0x92/0xd0 fs/aio.c:2048 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd CPU: 1 PID: 5034 Comm: syz-executor350 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc6-syzkaller-80422-geda666ff2276 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/12/2023 ===================================================== We can follow the call chain and find that 'bcm_tx_setup' function calls 'memcpy_from_msg' to copy some content to the newly allocated frame of 'op->frames'. After that the 'len' field of copied structure being compared with some constant value (64 or 8). However, if 'memcpy_from_msg' returns an error, we will compare some uninitialized memory. This triggers 'uninit-value' issue. This patch will add 'memcpy_from_msg' possible errors processing to avoid uninit-value issue. Tested via syzkaller

Affected

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

4.15 ≤ v < 4.19.2804.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2404.8 ≤ v < 4.14.3124.8 ≤ v < 4.19.2804.8 ≤ v < 5.10.1774.8 ≤ v < 5.15.1064.8 ≤ v < 5.4.2404.8 ≤ v < 6.1.234.8 ≤ v < 6.2.104.8 ≤ v < 6.35.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1065.16 ≤ v < 6.1.235.5 ≤ v < 5.10.1776.2 ≤ v < 6.2.104.86.3 rc16.3 rc26.3 rc36.3 rc46f3b911d5f29b98752e5da86a295210c0c4f4e14
Vendor states this is fixed in 2b4c99f7d9a57ecd644eda9b1fb0a1072414959f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2e6ad51c709fa794e0ce26003c9c9cd944e3383a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3fa0f1e0e31b1b73cdf59d4c36c7242e6ef821be (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 618b15d09fed6126356101543451d49860db4388 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 78bc7f0ab99458221224d3ab97199c0f8e6861f1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ab2a55907823f0bca56b6d03ea05e4071ba8535f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bf70e0eab64c625da84d9fdf4e84466b79418920 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c11dbc7705b3739974ac31a13f4ab81e61a5fb07 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.14.312 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.280 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.177 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.106 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.240 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.23 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)

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CVSS

5.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-908

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