CVE-2023-52504: x86/alternatives: Disable KASAN in apply_alternatives()
First published: Sat Mar 02 2024(Updated: )
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/alternatives: Disable KASAN in apply_alternatives() Fei has reported that KASAN triggers during apply_alternatives() on a 5-level paging machine: BUG: KASAN: out-of-bounds in rcu_is_watching() Read of size 4 at addr ff110003ee6419a0 by task swapper/0/0 ... __asan_load4() rcu_is_watching() trace_hardirqs_on() text_poke_early() apply_alternatives() ... On machines with 5-level paging, cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_LA57) gets patched. It includes KASAN code, where KASAN_SHADOW_START depends on __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT, which is defined with cpu_feature_enabled(). KASAN gets confused when apply_alternatives() patches the KASAN_SHADOW_START users. A test patch that makes KASAN_SHADOW_START static, by replacing __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT with 56, works around the issue. Fix it for real by disabling KASAN while the kernel is patching alternatives. [ mingo: updated the changelog ]
Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.17<4.19.297 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.20<5.4.270 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.5<5.10.199 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.11<5.15.136 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.16<6.1.59 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=6.2<6.5.8 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.6-rc1 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.6-rc2 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.6-rc3 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.6-rc4 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.6-rc5 | |
| debian/linux | 5.10.223-1 5.10.226-1 6.1.115-1 6.1.119-1 6.12.6-1 |
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Reference Links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3719d3c36aa853d5a2401af9f8d6b116c91ad5ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3770c38cd6a60494da29ac2da73ff8156440a2d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b784489c8158518bf7a466bb3cc045b0fb66b4b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6788b10620ca6e98575d1e06e72a8974aad7657e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd287cc208dfe6bd6da98e7f88e723209242c9b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d35652a5fc9944784f6f50a5c979518ff8dacf61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecba5afe86f30605eb9dfb7f265a8de0218d4cfc
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-52504
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/d35652a5fc9944784f6f50a5c979518ff8dacf61
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-52504
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-52504
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52504
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52504
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