# CVE-2023-53646: drm/i915/perf: add sentinel to xehp\_oa\_b\_counters

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-07 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/perf: add sentinel to xehp_oa_b_counters Arrays passed to reg_in_range_table should end with empty record. The patch solves KASAN detected bug with signature: BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in xehp_is_valid_b_counter_addr+0x2c7/0x350 [i915] Read of size 4 at addr ffffffffa1555d90 by task perf/1518 CPU: 4 PID: 1518 Comm: perf Tainted: G U 6.4.0-kasan_438-g3303d06107f3+ #1 Hardware name: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake Client Platform/MTL-P DDR5 SODIMM SBS RVP, BIOS MTLPFWI1.R00.3223.D80.2305311348 05/31/2023 Call Trace: <TASK> ... xehp_is_valid_b_counter_addr+0x2c7/0x350 [i915] (cherry picked from commit 2f42c5afb34b5696cf5fe79e744f99be9b218798)

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21d92025e80629fd5c25cd6751f8cf38c784dd4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/785b3f667b4bf98804cad135005e964df0c750de

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