CVE-2023-53582

wifi: brcmfmac: ensure CLM version is null-terminated to prevent stack-out-of-bounds

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 4, 2025 at 03:43 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:45 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: ensure CLM version is null-terminated to prevent stack-out-of-bounds Fix a stack-out-of-bounds read in brcmfmac that occurs when 'buf' that is not null-terminated is passed as an argument of strreplace() in brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds(). This buffer is filled with a CLM version string by memcpy() in brcmf_fil_iovar_data_get(). Ensure buf is null-terminated. Found by a modified version of syzkaller. [ 33.004414][ T1896] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_process_clm_blob: no clm_blob available (err=-2), device may have limited channels available [ 33.013486][ T1896] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware: BCM43236/3 wl0: Nov 30 2011 17:33:42 version 5.90.188.22 [ 33.021554][ T1896] ================================================================== [ 33.022379][ T1896] BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in strreplace+0xf2/0x110 [ 33.023122][ T1896] Read of size 1 at addr ffffc90001d6efc8 by task kworker/0:2/1896 [ 33.023852][ T1896] [ 33.024096][ T1896] CPU: 0 PID: 1896 Comm: kworker/0:2 Tainted: G O 5.14.0+ #132 [ 33.024927][ T1896] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 33.026065][ T1896] Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event [ 33.026581][ T1896] Call Trace: [ 33.026896][ T1896] dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x7d [ 33.027372][ T1896] print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0xf/0x334 [ 33.028037][ T1896] ? strreplace+0xf2/0x110 [ 33.028403][ T1896] ? strreplace+0xf2/0x110 [ 33.028807][ T1896] kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf [ 33.029283][ T1896] ? strreplace+0xf2/0x110 [ 33.029666][ T1896] strreplace+0xf2/0x110 [ 33.029966][ T1896] brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds+0xab1/0xc40 [ 33.030351][ T1896] ? brcmf_c_set_joinpref_default+0x100/0x100 [ 33.030787][ T1896] ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0xa1/0xd0 [ 33.031223][ T1896] ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xb0 [ 33.031661][ T1896] ? lock_acquire+0x19d/0x4e0 [ 33.032091][ T1896] ? find_held_lock+0x2d/0x110 [ 33.032605][ T1896] ? brcmf_usb_deq+0x1a7/0x260 [ 33.033087][ T1896] ? brcmf_usb_rx_fill_all+0x5a/0xf0 [ 33.033582][ T1896] brcmf_attach+0x246/0xd40 [ 33.034022][ T1896] ? wiphy_new_nm+0x1476/0x1d50 [ 33.034383][ T1896] ? kmemdup+0x30/0x40 [ 33.034722][ T1896] brcmf_usb_probe+0x12de/0x1690 [ 33.035223][ T1896] ? brcmf_usbdev_qinit.constprop.0+0x470/0x470 [ 33.035833][ T1896] usb_probe_interface+0x25f/0x710 [ 33.036315][ T1896] really_probe+0x1be/0xa90 [ 33.036656][ T1896] __driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460 [ 33.037026][ T1896] ? usb_match_id.part.0+0x88/0xc0 [ 33.037383][ T1896] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 [ 33.037790][ T1896] __device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250 [ 33.038300][ T1896] ? driver_allows_async_probing+0x120/0x120 [ 33.038986][ T1896] bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0 [ 33.039906][ T1896] ? bus_rescan_devices+0x20/0x20 [ 33.041412][ T1896] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x273/0x3e0 [ 33.041861][ T1896] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x1c/0x120 [ 33.042330][ T1896] __device_attach+0x207/0x330 [ 33.042664][ T1896] ? device_bind_driver+0xb0/0xb0 [ 33.043026][ T1896] ? kobject_uevent_env+0x230/0x12c0 [ 33.043515][ T1896] bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260 [ 33.043914][ T1896] device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0 [ 33.044227][ T1896] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0xe7/0x660 [ 33.044891][ T1896] ? __fw_devlink_link_to_suppliers+0x550/0x550 [ 33.045531][ T1896] usb_set_configuration+0x984/0x1770 [ 33.046051][ T1896] ? kernfs_create_link+0x175/0x230 [ 33.046548][ T1896] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x69/0x90 [ 33.046931][ T1896] usb_probe_device+0x9c/0x220 [ 33.047434][ T1896] really_probe+0x1be/0xa90 [ 33.047760][ T1896] __driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460 [ 33.048134][ T1896] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 [ 33.048516][ T1896] __device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250 [ 33.048910][ T1896] ? driver_allows_async_probing+0x120/0x120 ---truncated---

Affected

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

4.15 ≤ v < 4.19.2764.15 ≤ v < 5.10.1734.15 ≤ v < 5.15.994.15 ≤ v < 5.4.2354.15 ≤ v < 6.1.164.15 ≤ v < 6.2.34.15 ≤ v < 6.34.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2355.11 ≤ v < 5.15.995.16 ≤ v < 6.1.165.5 ≤ v < 5.10.1736.2 ≤ v < 6.2.34.15fdd0bd88ceaecf729db103ac8836af5805dd2dc1
Vendor states this is fixed in 0ca2efea4f11c6255061e852ac188264c469c197 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3b173b4ad9c001a555f44adc7836d6fe3afbe9ec (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 423a1297ea72bbddf64dbb0957f2879c0f2aa5d0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 660145d708be52f946a82e5b633c020f58f996de (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a0f0ce1c8ab9fe90618dc394e3d1568b5a9ac154 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c02f733024d70105f22de8dd0a1252a0350cd516 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ecb980dc79709c02f579a9c03cb92ccec189ab38 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.276 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.173 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.99 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.235 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-476

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