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CVE-2023-53122

RISC-V: fix taking the text_mutex twice during sifive errata patching

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: RISC-V: fix taking the text_mutex twice during sifive errata patching Chris pointed out that some bonehead, *cough* me *cough*, added two
mutex_locks() to the SiFive errata patching. The second was meant to
have been a mutex_unlock(). This results in errors such as Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000030
Oops [#1]
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted
6.2.0-rc1-starlight-00079-g9493e6f3ce02 #229
Hardware name: BeagleV Starlight Beta (DT)
epc : __schedule+0x42/0x500 ra : schedule+0x46/0xce
epc : ffffffff8065957c ra : ffffffff80659a80 sp : ffffffff81203c80 gp : ffffffff812d50a0 tp : ffffffff8120db40 t0 : ffffffff81203d68 t1 : 0000000000000001 t2 : 4c45203a76637369 s0 : ffffffff81203cf0 s1 : ffffffff8120db40 a0 : 0000000000000000 a1 : ffffffff81213958 a2 : ffffffff81213958 a3 : 0000000000000000 a4 : 0000000000000000 a5 : ffffffff80a1bd00 a6 : 0000000000000000 a7 : 0000000052464e43 s2 : ffffffff8120db41 s3 : ffffffff80a1ad00 s4 : 0000000000000000 s5 : 0000000000000002 s6 : ffffffff81213938 s7 : 0000000000000000 s8 : 0000000000000000 s9 : 0000000000000001 s10: ffffffff812d7204 s11: ffffffff80d3c920 t3 : 0000000000000001 t4 : ffffffff812e6dd7 t5 : ffffffff812e6dd8 t6 : ffffffff81203bb8
status: 0000000200000100 badaddr: 0000000000000030 cause: 000000000000000d
[<ffffffff80659a80>] schedule+0x46/0xce
[<ffffffff80659dce>] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x16/0x28
[<ffffffff8065ae0c>] __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x3fe/0x652
[<ffffffff8065b138>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xe/0x16
[<ffffffff8065b182>] mutex_lock+0x42/0x4c
[<ffffffff8000ad94>] sifive_errata_patch_func+0xf6/0x18c
[<ffffffff80002b92>] _apply_alternatives+0x74/0x76
[<ffffffff80802ee8>] apply_boot_alternatives+0x3c/0xfa
[<ffffffff80803cb0>] setup_arch+0x60c/0x640
[<ffffffff80800926>] start_kernel+0x8e/0x99c
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [Palmer: pick up Geert's bug report from the thread]

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RISC-V: fix taking the text_mutex twice during sifive errata patching Chris pointed out that some bonehead, *cough* me *cough*, added two mutex_locks() to the SiFive errata patching. The second was meant to have been a mutex_unlock(). This results in errors such as Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000030 Oops [#1] Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1-starlight-00079-g9493e6f3ce02 #229 Hardware name: BeagleV Starlight Beta (DT) epc : __schedule+0x42/0x500 ra : schedule+0x46/0xce epc : ffffffff8065957c ra : ffffffff80659a80 sp : ffffffff81203c80 gp : ffffffff812d50a0 tp : ffffffff8120db40 t0 : ffffffff81203d68 t1 : 0000000000000001 t2 : 4c45203a76637369 s0 : ffffffff81203cf0 s1 : ffffffff8120db40 a0 : 0000000000000000 a1 : ffffffff81213958 a2 : ffffffff81213958 a3 : 0000000000000000 a4 : 0000000000000000 a5 : ffffffff80a1bd00 a6 : 0000000000000000 a7 : 0000000052464e43 s2 : ffffffff8120db41 s3 : ffffffff80a1ad00 s4 : 0000000000000000 s5 : 0000000000000002 s6 : ffffffff81213938 s7 : 0000000000000000 s8 : 0000000000000000 s9 : 0000000000000001 s10: ffffffff812d7204 s11: ffffffff80d3c920 t3 : 0000000000000001 t4 : ffffffff812e6dd7 t5 : ffffffff812e6dd8 t6 : ffffffff81203bb8 status: 0000000200000100 badaddr: 0000000000000030 cause: 000000000000000d [<ffffffff80659a80>] schedule+0x46/0xce [<ffffffff80659dce>] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x16/0x28 [<ffffffff8065ae0c>] __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x3fe/0x652 [<ffffffff8065b138>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xe/0x16 [<ffffffff8065b182>] mutex_lock+0x42/0x4c [<ffffffff8000ad94>] sifive_errata_patch_func+0xf6/0x18c [<ffffffff80002b92>] _apply_alternatives+0x74/0x76 [<ffffffff80802ee8>] apply_boot_alternatives+0x3c/0xfa [<ffffffff80803cb0>] setup_arch+0x60c/0x640 [<ffffffff80800926>] start_kernel+0x8e/0x99c ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [Palmer: pick up Geert's bug report from the thread]

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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
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
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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
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