Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53598

 

Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53598

Published: October 5, 2025 / Updated: October 27, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU116564
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53598
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the mhi_init_mmio() function in drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openSUSE Leap
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_32-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_127-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_127-default-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-source-rt
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
reiserfs-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt
kernel-devel-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-syms-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dtb-sprd
dtb-arm
kernel-64kb-extra
dtb-freescale
kernel-obs-qa
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
dtb-cavium
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-qcom
kernel-64kb-optional
dtb-lg
dtb-renesas
dtb-amd
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-aarch64
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
dtb-apm
dtb-marvell
dtb-nvidia
dtb-socionext
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-allwinner
dlm-kmp-64kb
dtb-amlogic
dtb-broadcom
gfs2-kmp-64kb
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-rockchip
dtb-xilinx
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-apple
dtb-amazon
dtb-altera
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-mediatek
dtb-exynos
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
cluster-md-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build
kernel-syms
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
dlm-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-macros
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default
kernel-docs-html
kernel-default-optional
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-devel
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-docs
kernel-source
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-default-base

How to mitigate CVE-2023-53598

Install update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 6.1.28
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_32-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_127-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_127-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1
dtb-sprd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-arm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-freescale - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-cavium - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-qcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-lg - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-renesas - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-amd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-hisilicon - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-aarch64 - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-default-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-apm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-marvell - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-nvidia - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-socionext - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-allwinner - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-amlogic - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-broadcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-rockchip - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-xilinx - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-apple - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-amazon - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-altera - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-mediatek - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dtb-exynos - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-syms - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-macros - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-docs-html - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-default-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-docs - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-source - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1.150500.6.61.1
kernel-default-base - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1.150500.6.61.1

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