CVE-2023-53817 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-53817

crypto: lib/mpi - avoid null pointer deref in mpi_cmp_ui()

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: lib/mpi - avoid null pointer deref in mpi_cmp_ui() During NVMeTCP Authentication a controller can trigger a kernel oops by specifying the 8192 bit Diffie Hellman group and passing a correctly sized, but zeroed Diffie Hellamn value. mpi_cmp_ui() was detecting this if the second parameter was 0, but 1 is passed from dh_is_pubkey_valid(). This causes the null pointer u->d to be dereferenced towards the end of mpi_cmp_ui()

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
12f008b6dc5ff1c822fdb2198d20e3dbdc92f3f5, 3.7, 0, 4.14.326, 4.19.295, 5.4.257, 5.10.197, 5.15.133, 6.1.55, 6.5.5, 6.6

Timeline

Official Publish: December 9th, 2025
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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