CVE-2023-53646: drm/i915/perf: add sentinel to xehp_oa_b_counters

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-10-07 · updated 2026-08-04
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/perf: add sentinel to xehp_oa_b_counters Arrays passed to reg_in_range_table should end with empty record. The patch solves KASAN detected bug with signature: BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in xehp_is_valid_b_counter_addr+0x2c7/0x350 [i915] Read of size 4 at addr ffffffffa1555d90 by task perf/1518 CPU: 4 PID: 1518 Comm: perf Tainted: G U 6.4.0-kasan_438-g3303d06107f3+ #1 Hardware name: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake Client Platform/MTL-P DDR5 SODIMM SBS RVP, BIOS MTLPFWI1.R00.3223.D80.2305311348 05/31/2023 Call Trace: <TASK> ... xehp_is_valid_b_counter_addr+0x2c7/0x350 [i915] (cherry picked from commit 2f42c5afb34b5696cf5fe79e744f99be9b218798)

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.2 before 6.4.7; 6.5-rc1, 6.5-rc2 — fixed in 6.4.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.4.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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