# CVE-2023-53703: HID: amd_sfh: Fix for shift-out-of-bounds

> A shift-out-of-bounds error in the AMD SFH HID driver can cause a kernel crash, requiring a patch to validate shift ranges.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2023-53703, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53703, GHSA-rmv6-m884-3827, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53703

## What is CVE-2023-53703?

CVE-2023-53703 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 22 Oct 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:

HID: amd_sfh: Fix for shift-out-of-bounds

Shift operation of 'exp' and 'shift' variables exceeds the maximum number
of shift values in the u32 range leading to UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds.

...
[    6.120512] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in drivers/hid/amd-sfh-hid/sfh1_1/amd_sfh_desc.c:149:50
[    6.120598] shift exponent 104 is too large for 64-bit type 'long unsigned int'
[    6.120659] CPU: 4 PID: 96 Comm: kworker/4:1 Not tainted 6.4.0amd_1-next-20230519-dirty #10
[    6.120665] Hardware name: AMD Birman-PHX/Birman-PHX, BIOS SFH_with_HPD_SEN.FD 04/05/2023
[    6.120667] Workqueue: events amd_sfh_work_buffer [amd_sfh]
[    6.120687] Call Trace:
[    6.120690]  <TASK>
[    6.120694]  dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x70
[    6.120704]  dump_stack+0x10/0x20
[    6.120707]  ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x40
[    6.120716]  __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x10f/0x170
[    6.120720]  ? psi_group_change+0x25f/0x4b0
[    6.120729]  float_to_int.cold+0x18/0xba [amd_sfh]
[    6.120739]  get_input_rep+0x57/0x340 [amd_sfh]
[    6.120748]  ? __schedule+0xba7/0x1b60
[    6.120756]  ? __pfx_get_input_rep+0x10/0x10 [amd_sfh]
[    6.120764]  amd_sfh_work_buffer+0x91/0x180 [amd_sfh]
[    6.120772]  process_one_work+0x229/0x430
[    6.120780]  worker_thread+0x4a/0x3c0
[    6.120784]  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[    6.120788]  kthread+0xf7/0x130
[    6.120792]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[    6.120795]  ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50
[    6.120804]  </TASK>
...

Fix this by adding the condition to validate shift ranges.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53703?


## How do I fix CVE-2023-53703?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2023-53703 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53703 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-53703 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-53703 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 22 Oct 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-2023-53703 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. 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-2023-53703/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53703/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53703
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53703
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53703

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53703/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.