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CVE-2023-53099

firmware: xilinx: don't make a sleepable memory allocation from an atomic context

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: xilinx: don't make a sleepable memory allocation from an atomic context The following issue was discovered using lockdep:
[ 6.691371] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at include/linux/sched/mm.h:209
[ 6.694602] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 128, non_block: 0, pid: 1, name: swapper/0
[ 6.702431] 2 locks held by swapper/0/1:
[ 6.706300] #0: ffffff8800f6f188 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_driver_lock+0x4c/0x90
[ 6.714900] #1: ffffffc009a2abb8 (enable_lock){....}-{2:2}, at: clk_enable_lock+0x4c/0x140
[ 6.723156] irq event stamp: 304030
[ 6.726596] hardirqs last enabled at (304029): [<ffffffc008d17ee0>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xc0/0xd0
[ 6.736142] hardirqs last disabled at (304030): [<ffffffc00876bc5c>] clk_enable_lock+0xfc/0x140
[ 6.744742] softirqs last enabled at (303958): [<ffffffc0080904f0>] _stext+0x4f0/0x894
[ 6.752655] softirqs last disabled at (303951): [<ffffffc0080e53b8>] irq_exit+0x238/0x280
[ 6.760744] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G U 5.15.36 #2
[ 6.768048] Hardware name: xlnx,zynqmp (DT)
[ 6.772179] Call trace:
[ 6.774584] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x300
[ 6.778197] show_stack+0x18/0x30
[ 6.781465] dump_stack_lvl+0xb8/0xec
[ 6.785077] dump_stack+0x1c/0x38
[ 6.788345] ___might_sleep+0x1a8/0x2a0
[ 6.792129] __might_sleep+0x6c/0xd0
[ 6.795655] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x270/0x3d0
[ 6.800127] do_feature_check_call+0x100/0x220
[ 6.804513] zynqmp_pm_invoke_fn+0x8c/0xb0
[ 6.808555] zynqmp_pm_clock_getstate+0x90/0xe0
[ 6.813027] zynqmp_pll_is_enabled+0x8c/0x120
[ 6.817327] zynqmp_pll_enable+0x38/0xc0
[ 6.821197] clk_core_enable+0x144/0x400
[ 6.825067] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400
[ 6.828851] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400
[ 6.832635] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400
[ 6.836419] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400
[ 6.840203] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400
[ 6.843987] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400
[ 6.847771] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400
[ 6.851555] clk_core_enable_lock+0x24/0x50
[ 6.855683] clk_enable+0x24/0x40
[ 6.858952] fclk_probe+0x84/0xf0
[ 6.862220] platform_probe+0x8c/0x110
[ 6.865918] really_probe+0x110/0x5f0
[ 6.869530] __driver_probe_device+0xcc/0x210
[ 6.873830] driver_probe_device+0x64/0x140
[ 6.877958] __driver_attach+0x114/0x1f0
[ 6.881828] bus_for_each_dev+0xe8/0x160
[ 6.885698] driver_attach+0x34/0x50
[ 6.889224] bus_add_driver+0x228/0x300
[ 6.893008] driver_register+0xc0/0x1e0
[ 6.896792] __platform_driver_register+0x44/0x60
[ 6.901436] fclk_driver_init+0x1c/0x28
[ 6.905220] do_one_initcall+0x104/0x590
[ 6.909091] kernel_init_freeable+0x254/0x2bc
[ 6.913390] kernel_init+0x24/0x130
[ 6.916831] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Fix it by passing the GFP_ATOMIC gfp flag for the corresponding
memory allocation.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: xilinx: don't make a sleepable memory allocation from an atomic context The following issue was discovered using lockdep: [ 6.691371] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at include/linux/sched/mm.h:209 [ 6.694602] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 128, non_block: 0, pid: 1, name: swapper/0 [ 6.702431] 2 locks held by swapper/0/1: [ 6.706300] #0: ffffff8800f6f188 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_driver_lock+0x4c/0x90 [ 6.714900] #1: ffffffc009a2abb8 (enable_lock){....}-{2:2}, at: clk_enable_lock+0x4c/0x140 [ 6.723156] irq event stamp: 304030 [ 6.726596] hardirqs last enabled at (304029): [<ffffffc008d17ee0>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xc0/0xd0 [ 6.736142] hardirqs last disabled at (304030): [<ffffffc00876bc5c>] clk_enable_lock+0xfc/0x140 [ 6.744742] softirqs last enabled at (303958): [<ffffffc0080904f0>] _stext+0x4f0/0x894 [ 6.752655] softirqs last disabled at (303951): [<ffffffc0080e53b8>] irq_exit+0x238/0x280 [ 6.760744] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G U 5.15.36 #2 [ 6.768048] Hardware name: xlnx,zynqmp (DT) [ 6.772179] Call trace: [ 6.774584] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x300 [ 6.778197] show_stack+0x18/0x30 [ 6.781465] dump_stack_lvl+0xb8/0xec [ 6.785077] dump_stack+0x1c/0x38 [ 6.788345] ___might_sleep+0x1a8/0x2a0 [ 6.792129] __might_sleep+0x6c/0xd0 [ 6.795655] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x270/0x3d0 [ 6.800127] do_feature_check_call+0x100/0x220 [ 6.804513] zynqmp_pm_invoke_fn+0x8c/0xb0 [ 6.808555] zynqmp_pm_clock_getstate+0x90/0xe0 [ 6.813027] zynqmp_pll_is_enabled+0x8c/0x120 [ 6.817327] zynqmp_pll_enable+0x38/0xc0 [ 6.821197] clk_core_enable+0x144/0x400 [ 6.825067] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.828851] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.832635] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.836419] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.840203] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.843987] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.847771] clk_core_enable+0xd4/0x400 [ 6.851555] clk_core_enable_lock+0x24/0x50 [ 6.855683] clk_enable+0x24/0x40 [ 6.858952] fclk_probe+0x84/0xf0 [ 6.862220] platform_probe+0x8c/0x110 [ 6.865918] really_probe+0x110/0x5f0 [ 6.869530] __driver_probe_device+0xcc/0x210 [ 6.873830] driver_probe_device+0x64/0x140 [ 6.877958] __driver_attach+0x114/0x1f0 [ 6.881828] bus_for_each_dev+0xe8/0x160 [ 6.885698] driver_attach+0x34/0x50 [ 6.889224] bus_add_driver+0x228/0x300 [ 6.893008] driver_register+0xc0/0x1e0 [ 6.896792] __platform_driver_register+0x44/0x60 [ 6.901436] fclk_driver_init+0x1c/0x28 [ 6.905220] do_one_initcall+0x104/0x590 [ 6.909091] kernel_init_freeable+0x254/0x2bc [ 6.913390] kernel_init+0x24/0x130 [ 6.916831] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Fix it by passing the GFP_ATOMIC gfp flag for the corresponding memory allocation.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
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Exploitation
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-05-02 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-05-02 CVE Published
  • 2025-05-02 CVE Updated
  • ---------- EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.10 < 5.10.176
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.10 < 5.15.104
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.10 < 6.1.21
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.10 < 6.2.8
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.10 < 6.3
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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5.9.12
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