Linux Kernel up to 6.1.39/6.4.4 HID amd_sfh_desc.c amd_sfh out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.39/6.4.4. This impacts the function amd_sfh of the file drivers/hid/amd-sfh-hid/sfh1_1/amd_sfh_desc.c of the component HID. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-53703. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.39/6.4.4. This vulnerability affects the function amd_sfh of the file drivers/hid/amd-sfh-hid/sfh1_1/amd_sfh_desc.c of the component HID. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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] [ 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] ... Fix this by adding the condition to validate shift ranges.

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-53703 since 10/22/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 6.1.40 or 6.4.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 5a45ed1ae34bb0e68944471f4bafb68e0a572791/1e50bc2c177d4b2953d77037ac46ea0702d6aa1f/87854366176403438d01f368b09de3ec2234e0f5 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2394). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell NetWorker

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
• 6.1.12
• 6.1.13
• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.1.16
• 6.1.17
• 6.1.18
• 6.1.19
• 6.1.20
• 6.1.21
• 6.1.22
• 6.1.23
• 6.1.24
• 6.1.25
• 6.1.26
• 6.1.27
• 6.1.28
• 6.1.29
• 6.1.30
• 6.1.31
• 6.1.32
• 6.1.33
• 6.1.34
• 6.1.35
• 6.1.36
• 6.1.37
• 6.1.38
• 6.1.39
• 6.4.0
• 6.4.1
• 6.4.2
• 6.4.3
• 6.4.4

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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