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CVE-2023-53205

KVM: s390/diag: fix racy access of physical cpu number in diag 9c handler

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.15.121, 6.1.39, 6.4.4
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: s390/diag: fix racy access of physical cpu number in diag 9c handler We do check for target CPU == -1, but this might change at the time we are going to use it. Hold the physical target CPU in a local variable to avoid out-of-bound accesses to the cpu arrays.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 87e28a15c42cc592009c32a8c20e5789059027c2 · fixed in a9ccf140a2a03a0ae82be4bdfbdd17bdaea72ff5; From 87e28a15c42cc592009c32a8c20e5789059027c2 · fixed in 86bfb18bad60fc468e5f112cbbd918462a8dd435; From 87e28a15c42cc592009c32a8c20e5789059027c2 · fixed in dc7e0192c470a53d847c79a2796f9ac429477a26; From 87e28a15c42cc592009c32a8c20e5789059027c2 · fixed in 0bc380beb78aa352eadbc21d934dd9606fcee808

  • Linux Linux

    5.13

  • KernelLinux

    From 5.13.0 · fixed in 5.15.121; From 5.16.0 · fixed in 6.1.39; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.4.4

References 4

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