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Used macro for multiplication instead\noperator for avoiding overflow.\n\nFound by Security Code and Linux Verification\nCenter (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.","publishedAt":"2025-10-07T15:21:20.987Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T19:49:28.442Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764","status":"affected","lessThan":"d5eaf2a6b077f32a477feb1e9e1c1f60605b460e","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764","status":"affected","lessThan":"efb1a257513438d43f4335f09b2f684e8167cad2","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764","status":"affected","lessThan":"17e0453a7523ad7a25bb47af941b150a6c66d7b6","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764","status":"affected","lessThan":"7c6dddc239abe660598c49ec95ea0ed6399a4b2a","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"4.4","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"4.4","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.113","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.30","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.3.4","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.3.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.4","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5eaf2a6b077f32a477feb1e9e1c1f60605b460e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efb1a257513438d43f4335f09b2f684e8167cad2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17e0453a7523ad7a25bb47af941b150a6c66d7b6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c6dddc239abe660598c49ec95ea0ed6399a4b2a"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:06:33.064Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53661.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-53661","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-10-07T15:21:20.987Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:49:28.442Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-10-07T15:16:59.662Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory()","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory()\n\nThe value of an arithmetic expression is subject\nof possible overflow due to a failure to cast operands to a larger data\ntype before performing arithmetic. 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