Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-source-azure package, versions <6.4.0-150600.8.55.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-KERNELSOURCEAZURE-14049388
  • published19 Nov 2025
  • disclosed18 Nov 2025

Introduced: 18 Nov 2025

CVE-2023-53554  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-source-azure to version 6.4.0-150600.8.55.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-source-azure package and not the kernel-source-azure package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

staging: ks7010: potential buffer overflow in ks_wlan_set_encode_ext()

The "exc->key_len" is a u16 that comes from the user. If it's over IW_ENCODING_TOKEN_MAX (64) that could lead to memory corruption.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1