CVE-2023-54282 media: tuners: qt1010: replace BUG_ON with a regular error
A local attacker with access to the qt1010 tuner device can trigger a kernel panic via a buffer overflow condition, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-54282?
CVE-2023-54282 is a denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 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:
media: tuners: qt1010: replace BUG_ON with a regular error
BUG_ON is unnecessary here, and in addition it confuses smatch. Replacing this with an error return help resolve this smatch warning:
drivers/media/tuners/qt1010.c:350 qt1010_init() error: buffer overflow 'i2c_data' 34 <= 34
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-54282?
How do I fix CVE-2023-54282?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-54282 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54282 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-54282, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54282, GHSA-6cxv-3w9c-fphw, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54282.