# CVE-2023-53112: drm/i915/sseu: fix max_subslices array-index-out-of-bounds access

> An out-of-bounds array access in the i915 graphics driver can cause a kernel crash, requiring a patch to fix.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 2 May 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2023-53112, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53112, GHSA-5m24-f4fx-mp4r, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53112

## What is CVE-2023-53112?

CVE-2023-53112 is a high-severity memory corruption 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/i915/sseu: fix max_subslices array-index-out-of-bounds access

It seems that commit bc3c5e0809ae ("drm/i915/sseu: Don't try to store EU
mask internally in UAPI format") exposed a potential out-of-bounds
access, reported by UBSAN as following on a laptop with a gen 11 i915
card:

  UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_sseu.c:65:27
  index 6 is out of range for type 'u16 [6]'
  CPU: 2 PID: 165 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 6.2.0-9-generic #9-Ubuntu
  Hardware name: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9300/077Y9N, BIOS 1.11.0 03/22/2022
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   show_stack+0x4e/0x61
   dump_stack_lvl+0x4a/0x6f
   dump_stack+0x10/0x18
   ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x3a
   __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x42/0x47
   gen11_compute_sseu_info+0x121/0x130 [i915]
   intel_sseu_info_init+0x15d/0x2b0 [i915]
   intel_gt_init_mmio+0x23/0x40 [i915]
   i915_driver_mmio_probe+0x129/0x400 [i915]
   ? intel_gt_probe_all+0x91/0x2e0 [i915]
   i915_driver_probe+0xe1/0x3f0 [i915]
   ? drm_privacy_screen_get+0x16d/0x190 [drm]
   ? acpi_dev_found+0x64/0x80
   i915_pci_probe+0xac/0x1b0 [i915]
   ...

According to the definition of sseu_dev_info, eu_mask->hsw is limited to
a maximum of GEN_MAX_SS_PER_HSW_SLICE (6) sub-slices, but
gen11_sseu_info_init() can potentially set 8 sub-slices, in the
!IS_JSL_EHL(gt->i915) case.

Fix this by reserving up to 8 slots for max_subslices in the eu_mask
struct.

(cherry picked from commit 3cba09a6ac86ea1d456909626eb2685596c07822)

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53112?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-53112?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2023-53112 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-53112 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-53112 is a high-severity memory corruption 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53112/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53112/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53112
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53112
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53112

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