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CVE-2023-53135

riscv: Use READ_ONCE_NOCHECK in imprecise unwinding stack mode

Severity Score

7.1
*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: riscv: Use READ_ONCE_NOCHECK in imprecise unwinding stack mode When CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is unset, the stack unwinding function
walk_stackframe randomly reads the stack and then, when KASAN is enabled,
it can lead to the following backtrace: [ 0.000000] ==================================================================
[ 0.000000] BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in walk_stackframe+0xa6/0x11a
[ 0.000000] Read of size 8 at addr ffffffff81807c40 by task swapper/0
[ 0.000000]
[ 0.000000] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.2.0-12919-g24203e6db61f #43
[ 0.000000] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT)
[ 0.000000] Call Trace:
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80007ba8>] walk_stackframe+0x0/0x11a
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80099ecc>] init_param_lock+0x26/0x2a
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80007c4a>] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80c49c80>] dump_stack_lvl+0x22/0x36
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80c3783e>] print_report+0x198/0x4a8
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80099ecc>] init_param_lock+0x26/0x2a
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80007c4a>] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8015f68a>] kasan_report+0x9a/0xc8
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80007c4a>] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80007c4a>] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8006e99c>] desc_make_final+0x80/0x84
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8009a04e>] stack_trace_save+0x88/0xa6
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80099fc2>] filter_irq_stacks+0x72/0x76
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8006b95e>] devkmsg_read+0x32a/0x32e
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8015ec16>] kasan_save_stack+0x28/0x52
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8006e998>] desc_make_final+0x7c/0x84
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8009a04a>] stack_trace_save+0x84/0xa6
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8015ec52>] kasan_set_track+0x12/0x20
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8015f22e>] __kasan_slab_alloc+0x58/0x5e
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8015e7ea>] __kmem_cache_create+0x21e/0x39a
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80e133ac>] create_boot_cache+0x70/0x9c
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80e17ab2>] kmem_cache_init+0x6c/0x11e
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80e00fd6>] mm_init+0xd8/0xfe
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80e011d8>] start_kernel+0x190/0x3ca
[ 0.000000]
[ 0.000000] The buggy address belongs to stack of task swapper/0
[ 0.000000] and is located at offset 0 in frame:
[ 0.000000] stack_trace_save+0x0/0xa6
[ 0.000000]
[ 0.000000] This frame has 1 object:
[ 0.000000] [32, 56) 'c'
[ 0.000000]
[ 0.000000] The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
[ 0.000000] page:(____ptrval____) refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x81a07
[ 0.000000] flags: 0x1000(reserved|zone=0)
[ 0.000000] raw: 0000000000001000 ff600003f1e3d150 ff600003f1e3d150 0000000000000000
[ 0.000000] raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000001ffffffff
[ 0.000000] page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
[ 0.000000]
[ 0.000000] Memory state around the buggy address:
[ 0.000000] ffffffff81807b00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 0.000000] ffffffff81807b80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 0.000000] >ffffffff81807c00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f1 f1 f1 f1 00 00 00 f3
[ 0.000000] ^
[ 0.000000] ffffffff81807c80: f3 f3 f3 f3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 0.000000] ffffffff81807d00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 0.000000] ================================================================== Fix that by using READ_ONCE_NOCHECK when reading the stack in imprecise
mode.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: Use READ_ONCE_NOCHECK in imprecise unwinding stack mode When CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is unset, the stack unwinding function walk_stackframe randomly reads the stack and then, when KASAN is enabled, it can lead to the following backtrace: [ 0.000000] ================================================================== [ 0.000000] BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in walk_stackframe+0xa6/0x11a [ 0.000000] Read of size 8 at addr ffffffff81807c40 by task swapper/0 [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.2.0-12919-g24203e6db61f #43 [ 0.000000] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) [ 0.000000] Call Trace: [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80007ba8>] walk_stackframe+0x0/0x11a [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80099ecc>] init_param_lock+0x26/0x2a [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80007c4a>] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80c49c80>] dump_stack_lvl+0x22/0x36 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80c3783e>] print_report+0x198/0x4a8 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80099ecc>] init_param_lock+0x26/0x2a [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80007c4a>] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8015f68a>] kasan_report+0x9a/0xc8 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80007c4a>] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80007c4a>] walk_stackframe+0xa2/0x11a [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8006e99c>] desc_make_final+0x80/0x84 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8009a04e>] stack_trace_save+0x88/0xa6 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80099fc2>] filter_irq_stacks+0x72/0x76 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8006b95e>] devkmsg_read+0x32a/0x32e [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8015ec16>] kasan_save_stack+0x28/0x52 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8006e998>] desc_make_final+0x7c/0x84 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8009a04a>] stack_trace_save+0x84/0xa6 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8015ec52>] kasan_set_track+0x12/0x20 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8015f22e>] __kasan_slab_alloc+0x58/0x5e [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8015e7ea>] __kmem_cache_create+0x21e/0x39a [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80e133ac>] create_boot_cache+0x70/0x9c [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80e17ab2>] kmem_cache_init+0x6c/0x11e [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80e00fd6>] mm_init+0xd8/0xfe [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80e011d8>] start_kernel+0x190/0x3ca [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] The buggy address belongs to stack of task swapper/0 [ 0.000000] and is located at offset 0 in frame: [ 0.000000] stack_trace_save+0x0/0xa6 [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] This frame has 1 object: [ 0.000000] [32, 56) 'c' [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] The buggy address belongs to the physical page: [ 0.000000] page:(____ptrval____) refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x81a07 [ 0.000000] flags: 0x1000(reserved|zone=0) [ 0.000000] raw: 0000000000001000 ff600003f1e3d150 ff600003f1e3d150 0000000000000000 [ 0.000000] raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000001ffffffff [ 0.000000] page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] Memory state around the buggy address: [ 0.000000] ffffffff81807b00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 0.000000] ffffffff81807b80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 0.000000] >ffffffff81807c00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f1 f1 f1 f1 00 00 00 f3 [ 0.000000] ^ [ 0.000000] ffffffff81807c80: f3 f3 f3 f3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 0.000000] ffffffff81807d00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 0.000000] ================================================================== Fix that by using READ_ONCE_NOCHECK when reading the stack in imprecise mode.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
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Tech. Impact
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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
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.15 < 5.4.237
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.15 < 5.10.175
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.15 < 5.15.103
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Linux
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>= 4.15 < 6.1.20
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.15 < 6.2.7
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.15 < 6.3
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