CVE-2023-53077 drm/amd/display: fix shift-out-of-bounds in CalculateVMAndRowBytes

High 7.8 Published Updated

A shift-out-of-bounds error in the AMD display driver can cause a kernel warning or potential crash when PTEBufferSizeInRequests is zero.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2023-53077?

CVE-2023-53077 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

drm/amd/display: fix shift-out-of-bounds in CalculateVMAndRowBytes

[WHY] When PTEBufferSizeInRequests is zero, UBSAN reports the following warning because dml_log2 returns an unexpected negative value:

shift exponent 4294966273 is too large for 32-bit type 'int'

[HOW]

In the case PTEBufferSizeInRequests is zero, skip the dml_log2() and assign the result directly.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53077?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2023-53077?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2023-53077 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53077 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-53077, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53077, GHSA-89m2-2g6w-whvw, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53077.

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