vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2023-53646: kernel: drm/i915/perf: add sentinel to xehp_oa_b_counters (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 7, 2025 | Nov 14, 2025 | Feb 5, 2026 |
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)
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