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medium 5.5

CVE-2023-31085 json

An issue was discovered in drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c in the Linux kernel 6.2.

published 2023-04-24 3 y ago modified 2026-10-14 25 d ago also EUVD-2023-35414

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c in the Linux kernel 6.2. There is a divide-by-zero error in do_div(sz,mtd->erasesize), used indirectly by ctrl_cdev_ioctl, when mtd->erasesize is 0.

Patch / fix

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem V1.1
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-167.184
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-89.99
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1114.124
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1050.55
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1118.127
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1047.55
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1047.52
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1061.66

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31085

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.33.23.1
  • kernel-syms-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.33.23.1
  • kernel-source-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.33.23.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.97.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.97.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.97.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.97.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 5.14.21-150400.24.97.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:0112-1SUSE-SU-2023:4414-1SUSE-SU-2023:4378-1SUSE-SU-2023:4377-1SUSE-SU-2023:4375-1SUSE-SU-2023:4359-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-31085 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: divide-by-zero error in ctrl_cdev_ioctl when do_div happens and erasesize is 0

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-348-10 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5
    affected: fixed in V3.1.5, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-25-044-09 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SCALANCE W700 IEEE 802.11ax

  • Siemens SCALANCE WAB762-1 (6GK5762-1AJ00-6AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-7DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (ME) (6GK5763-1AL00-7DC0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-7DB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (6GK5766-1GE00-7DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-7DC0) <V3.0.0
    +13 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (US) (6GK5766-1GE00-7DB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (6GK5766-1GE00-7TA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-7TC0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (US) (6GK5766-1GE00-7TB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUB762-1 (6GK5762-1AJ00-1AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUB762-1 iFeatures (6GK5762-1AJ00-2AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-3AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-3DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-3AB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-3DB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (6GK5766-1GE00-3DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-3DC0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (USA) (6GK5766-1GE00-3DB0) <V3.0.0
    affected: fixed in V3.0.0 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-166-11 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP Linux Kernel

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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