High 7.8Published Oct 22, 2025

CVE-2023-53729soc: qcom: qmi_encdec: Restrict string length in decode

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 9:40 PM ET)

Does this affect you?

It affects Linux. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

Do this next

Start free and add your stack

Free account, 1 product

Every CVE for Linux

Exploited in the last 30 days

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: qcom: qmi_encdec: Restrict string length in decode The QMI TLV value for strings in a lot of qmi element info structures account for null terminated strings with MAX_LEN + 1. If a string is actually MAX_LEN + 1 length, this will cause an out of bounds access when the NULL character is appended in decoding.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	9b8a11e82615274d4133aab3cf5aa1c59191f0a2 builds before 6b58859e7c4ac357517a59f0801e8ce1b58a8ee2; from 9b8a11e82615274d4133aab3cf5aa1c59191f0a2 before 64c5e916fabe5ef7bef0210b8a59fa8941ee1b8e; 9b8a11e82615274d4133aab3cf5aa1c59191f0a2 builds before 2ccab9f82772ead618689d17dbc6950d6bd1e741; from 9b8a11e82615274d4133aab3cf5aa1c59191f0a2 before b2f39b813d1eed4a522428d1e6acd7dfe9b81579; from 9b8a11e82615274d4133aab3cf5aa1c59191f0a2 before f6250ecb7fbb934b89539e7e2ba6c1d8555c0975; from 9b8a11e82615274d4133aab3cf5aa1c59191f0a2 before 22ee7c9c7f381be178b4457bc54530002e08e938; 9b8a11e82615274d4133aab3cf5aa1c59191f0a2 builds before 8d207400fd6b79c92aeb2f33bb79f62dff904ea2	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b58859e7c4ac357517a59f0801e8ce1b58a8ee2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64c5e916fabe5ef7bef0210b8a59fa8941ee1b8e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ccab9f82772ead618689d17dbc6950d6bd1e741
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2f39b813d1eed4a522428d1e6acd7dfe9b81579
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6250ecb7fbb934b89539e7e2ba6c1d8555c0975
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22ee7c9c7f381be178b4457bc54530002e08e938
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d207400fd6b79c92aeb2f33bb79f62dff904ea2

The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.