CVE-2023-53456 Affecting perf package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PERF-13264435
  • published4 Oct 2025
  • disclosed1 Oct 2025

Introduced: 1 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2023-53456  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 perf.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

scsi: qla4xxx: Add length check when parsing nlattrs

There are three places that qla4xxx parses nlattrs:

  • qla4xxx_set_chap_entry()

  • qla4xxx_iface_set_param()

  • qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_set_param()

and each of them directly converts the nlattr to specific pointer of structure without length checking. This could be dangerous as those attributes are not validated and a malformed nlattr (e.g., length 0) could result in an OOB read that leaks heap dirty data.

Add the nla_len check before accessing the nlattr data and return EINVAL if the length check fails.

CVSS Base Scores

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