Linux KernelOperating system · Linux
CVE-2023-53065
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 · uneditedIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/core: Fix perf_output_begin parameter is incorrectly invoked in perf_event_bpf_output syzkaller reportes a KASAN issue with stack-out-of-bounds. The call trace is as follows: dump_stack+0x9c/0xd3 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x19/0x170 __kasan_report.cold+0x6c/0x84 kasan_report+0x3a/0x50 __perf_event_header__init_id+0x34/0x290 perf_event_header__init_id+0x48/0x60 perf_output_begin+0x4a4/0x560 perf_event_bpf_output+0x161/0x1e0 perf_iterate_sb_cpu+0x29e/0x340 perf_iterate_sb+0x4c/0xc0 perf_event_bpf_event+0x194/0x2c0 __bpf_prog_put.constprop.0+0x55/0xf0 __cls_bpf_delete_prog+0xea/0x120 [cls_bpf] cls_bpf_delete_prog_work+0x1c/0x30 [cls_bpf] process_one_work+0x3c2/0x730 worker_thread+0x93/0x650 kthread+0x1b8/0x210 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 commit 267fb27352b6 ("perf: Reduce stack usage of perf_output_begin()") use on-stack struct perf_sample_data of the caller function. However, perf_event_bpf_output uses incorrect parameter to convert small-sized data (struct perf_bpf_event) into large-sized data (struct perf_sample_data), which causes memory overwriting occurs in __perf_event_header__init_id.
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 analysisThe program writes past the bounds of a buffer, overwriting adjacent memory an attacker can turn to their advantage. Crafted input can overwrite control data and redirect execution. Remediation is validating every index and length before a write, plus modern memory-safety mitigations.
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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
>= 5.10.1, < 5.10.177>= 5.11, < 5.15.105>= 5.16, < 6.1.22>= 6.2, < 6.2.9= 5.10= 6.3CVSS 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped5.10.1775.15.1056.1.22
Upgrade to kernel 5.10.177 (for 5.10.x branch), 5.15.105 (for 5.11-5.15.x branches), 6.1.22 (for 5.16-6.1.x branch), or 6.2.9 (for 6.2.x branch)
- 1. Check the current running kernel version using: uname -r
- 2. Identify which version branch your kernel belongs to (5.10.x, 5.11-5.14.x, 5.15.x, 5.16-6.1.x, or 6.2.x)
- 3. For 5.10.x versions (>=5.10.1, <5.10.177): upgrade to kernel 5.10.177 or later
- 4. For 5.11-5.14.x versions: upgrade to kernel 5.15.105 or later
- 5. For 5.15.x versions: upgrade to kernel 5.15.105 or later
- 6. For 5.16-6.1.x versions (>=5.16, <6.1.22): upgrade to kernel 6.1.22 or later
- 7. For 6.2.x versions (>=6.2, <6.2.9): upgrade to kernel 6.2.9 or later
- 8. Apply the upgrade via your distribution's package manager (e.g., apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, yum update, dnf update)
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