Linux Kernel up to 5.10.172/5.15.98/6.1.15/6.2.2 core.c spi_nor_set_erase_type out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.172/5.15.98/6.1.15/6.2.2. It has been declared as critical. This impacts the function spi_nor_set_erase_type of the file drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-54295. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.172/5.15.98/6.1.15/6.2.2. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function spi_nor_set_erase_type of the file drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: spi-nor: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in spi_nor_set_erase_type spi_nor_set_erase_type() was used either to set or to mask out an erase type. When we used it to mask out an erase type a shift-out-of-bounds was hit: UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c:2237:24 shift exponent 4294967295 is too large for 32-bit type 'int' The setting of the size_{shift, mask} and of the opcode are unnecessary when the erase size is zero, as throughout the code just the erase size is considered to determine whether an erase type is supported or not. Setting the opcode to 0xFF was wrong too as nobody guarantees that 0xFF is an unused opcode. Thus when masking out an erase type, just set the erase size to zero. This will fix the shift-out-of-bounds. [ta: refine changes, new commit message, fix compilation error]

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-54295 since 12/30/2025. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 280814 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-54295), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16 or 6.2.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch e6409208c13f7c56adc12dd795abf4141e3d5e64/61d44a4db2f54dbac7d22c2541574ea5755e0468/53b2916ebde741c657a857fa1936c0d9fcb59170/99341b8aee7b5b4255b339345bbcaa35867dfd0c/f0f0cfdc3a024e21161714f2e05f0df3b84d42ad 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 databases at Tenable (280814) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2941). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Open Source Linux Kernel

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.10.172
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
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• 5.15.98
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
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• 6.1.3
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• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
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• 6.1.13
• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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