CVE-2023-53570

/// Technical description

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

wifi: nl80211: fix integer overflow in nl80211_parse_mbssid_elems()

nl80211_parse_mbssid_elems() uses a u8 variable num_elems to count the

number of MBSSID elements in the nested netlink attribute attrs, which can

lead to an integer overflow if a user of the nl80211 interface specifies

256 or more elements in the corresponding attribute in userspace. The

integer overflow can lead to a heap buffer overflow as num_elems determines

the size of the trailing array in elems, and this array is thereafter

written to for each element in attrs.

Note that this vulnerability only affects devices with the

wiphy->mbssid_max_interfaces member set for the wireless physical device

struct in the device driver, and can only be triggered by a process with

CAP_NET_ADMIN capabilities.

Fix this by checking for a maximum of 255 elements in attrs.

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

/// References