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CVE-2023-52613

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-03-18
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.6.14 / 6.7.2 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers/thermal/loongson2_thermal: Fix incorrect PTR_ERR() judgment PTR_ERR() returns -ENODEV when thermal-zones are undefined, and we need -ENODEV as the right value for comparison. Otherwise, tz->type is NULL when thermal-zones is undefined, resulting in the following error: [ 12.290030] CPU 1 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffffffffffff1, era == 900000000355f410, ra == 90000000031579b8 [ 12.302877] Oops[#1]: [ 12.305190] CPU: 1 PID: 181 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 6.6.0-rc7+ #5385 [ 12.312304] pc 900000000355f410 ra 90000000031579b8 tp 90000001069e8000 sp 90000001069eba10 [ 12.320739] a0 0000000000000000 a1 fffffffffffffff1 a2 0000000000000014 a3 0000000000000001 [ 12.329173] a4 90000001069eb990 a5 0000000000000001 a6 0000000000001001 a7 900000010003431c [ 12.337606] t0 fffffffffffffff1 t1 54567fd5da9b4fd4 t2 900000010614ec40 t3 00000000000dc901 [ 12.346041] t4 0000000000000000 t5 0000000000000004 t6 900000010614ee20 t7 900000000d00b790 [ 12.354472] t8 00000000000dc901 u0 54567fd5da9b4fd4 s9 900000000402ae10 s0 900000010614ec40 [ 12.362916] s1 90000000039fced0 s2 ffffffffffffffed s3 ffffffffffffffed s4 9000000003acc000 [ 12.362931] s5 0000000000000004 s6 fffffffffffff000 s7 0000000000000490 s8 90000001028b2ec8 [ 12.362938] ra: 90000000031579b8 thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs+0x258/0x300 [ 12.386411] ERA: 900000000355f410 strscpy+0xf0/0x160 [ 12.391626] CRMD: 000000b0 (PLV0 -IE -DA +PG DACF=CC DACM=CC -WE) [ 12.397898] PRMD: 00000004 (PPLV0 +PIE -PWE) [ 12.403678] EUEN: 00000000 (-FPE -SXE -ASXE -BTE) [ 12.409859] ECFG: 00071c1c (LIE=2-4,10-12 VS=7) [ 12.415882] ESTAT: 00010000 [PIL] (IS= ECode=1 EsubCode=0) [ 12.415907] BADV: fffffffffffffff1 [ 12.415911] PRID: 0014a000 (Loongson-64bit, Loongson-2K1000) [ 12.415917] Modules linked in: loongson2_thermal(+) vfat fat uio_pdrv_genirq uio fuse zram zsmalloc [ 12.415950] Process systemd-udevd (pid: 181, threadinfo=00000000358b9718, task=00000000ace72fe3) [ 12.415961] Stack : 0000000000000dc0 54567fd5da9b4fd4 900000000402ae10 9000000002df9358 [ 12.415982] ffffffffffffffed 0000000000000004 9000000107a10aa8 90000001002a3410 [ 12.415999] ffffffffffffffed ffffffffffffffed 9000000107a11268 9000000003157ab0 [ 12.416016] 9000000107a10aa8 ffffff80020fc0c8 90000001002a3410 ffffffffffffffed [ 12.416032] 0000000000000024 ffffff80020cc1e8 900000000402b2a0 9000000003acc000 [ 12.416048] 90000001002a3410 0000000000000000 ffffff80020f4030 90000001002a3410 [ 12.416065] 0000000000000000 9000000002df6808 90000001002a3410 0000000000000000 [ 12.416081] ffffff80020f4030 0000000000000000 90000001002a3410 9000000002df2ba8 [ 12.416097] 00000000000000b4 90000001002a34f4 90000001002a3410 0000000000000002 [ 12.416114] ffffff80020f4030 fffffffffffffff0 90000001002a3410 9000000002df2f30 [ 12.416131] ... [ 12.416138] Call Trace: [ 12.416142] [<900000000355f410>] strscpy+0xf0/0x160 [ 12.416167] [<90000000031579b8>] thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs+0x258/0x300 [ 12.416183] [<9000000003157ab0>] devm_thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs+0x50/0xe0 [ 12.416200] [<ffffff80020cc1e8>] loongson2_thermal_probe+0x128/0x200 [loongson2_thermal] [ 12.416232] [<9000000002df6808>] platform_probe+0x68/0x140 [ 12.416249] [<9000000002df2ba8>] really_probe+0xc8/0x3c0 [ 12.416269] [<9000000002df2f30>] __driver_probe_device+0x90/0x180 [ 12.416286] [<9000000002df3058>] driver_probe_device+0x38/0x160 [ 12.416302] [<9000000002df33a8>] __driver_attach+0xa8/0x200 [ 12.416314] [<9000000002deffec>] bus_for_each_dev+0x8c/0x120 [ 12.416330] [<9000000002df198c>] bus_add_driver+0x10c/0x2a0 [ 12.416346] [<9000000002df46b4>] driver_register+0x74/0x160 [ 12.416358] [<90000000022201a4>] do_one_initcall+0x84/0x220 [ 12.416372] [<90000000022f3ab8>] do_init_module+0x58/0x2c0 [ ---truncated---

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-476

The code follows a pointer that is null, crashing the process. An attacker who can reliably trigger it turns the crash into a denial of service. The fix is checking for null before use and handling the failure path gracefully.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 6.6, < 6.6.14>= 6.7, < 6.7.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 6.6.14 / 6.7.2 or later
Fixed in 6.6.146.7.2
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Recommended fix High confidence

Linux kernel 6.6.14 or 6.7.2 or later (or distribution vendor stable kernel including this fix)

  1. Identify the current kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. Verify if the running kernel is affected: version >= 6.6 and < 6.6.14, OR version >= 6.7 and < 6.7.2
  3. Schedule a maintenance window for kernel upgrade
  4. Update the system package repository
  5. Install a newer kernel version: for RHEL/CentOS use `yum update kernel` or for Debian/Ubuntu use `apt-get install linux-image-<new-version>`
  6. Reboot the system to load the new kernel using `reboot`
  7. Verify the fix is applied by checking the kernel version with `uname -r` and confirming version >= 6.6.14 or >= 6.7.2
  8. Alternatively, if using a distribution with long-term support kernels, ensure you have the latest stable kernel from the distribution vendor that includes this fix
Caveat Kernel upgrade requires system reboot; verify compatibility of custom kernel modules or drivers with the new kernel version before upgrading

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