CVE-2023-53817
Published Dec 9, 2025
Modified Apr 15, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: lib/mpi - avoid null pointer deref in mpi_cmp_ui() During NVMeTCP Authentication a controller can trigger a kernel oops by specifying the 8192 bit Diffie Hellman group and passing a correctly sized, but zeroed Diffie Hellamn value. mpi_cmp_ui() was detecting this if the second parameter was 0, but 1 is passed from dh_is_pubkey_valid(). This causes the null pointer u->d to be dereferenced towards the end of mpi_cmp_ui()
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References
Other References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fc7147c694394f8a8cbc19570c6bc918cac0906
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12ac013ad7ff0df066451e825801d805095b3776
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61f5453e9706e99713825594e0c8f9031485fb5f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67589d247909043e94d2dd5fb590958e0f99d58d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e47a758b70167c9301d2b44d2569f86c7796f2d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae63e84ffda74267bf7277c38415ba38389229a0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3ad023a39f1127dcfd331c562673355dc078650
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde791e8a96a64ea7b0ad2440e43586447a209c6
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2023-53817? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: lib/mpi - avoid null pointer deref in mpi_cmp_ui()
During NVMeTCP Authentication a controller can trigger a kernel
oops by specifying the 8192 bit Diffie Hellman group and passing
a correctly sized, but zeroed Diffie Hellamn value.
mpi_cmp_ui() was detecting this if the second parameter was 0,
but 1 is passed from dh_is_pubkey_valid(). This causes the null
pointer u->d to be dereferenced towards the end of mpi_cmp_ui()
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2023-53817? +
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