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CVE-2023-53144

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: fix wrong kunmap when using LZMA on HIGHMEM platforms As the call trace shown, the root cause is kunmap incorrect pages: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000 CPU: 1 PID: 40 Comm: kworker/u5:0 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc5 #4 Workqueue: erofs_worker z_erofs_decompressqueue_work EIP: z_erofs_lzma_decompress+0x34b/0x8ac z_erofs_decompress+0x12/0x14 z_erofs_decompress_queue+0x7e7/0xb1c z_erofs_decompressqueue_work+0x32/0x60 process_one_work+0x24b/0x4d8 ? process_one_work+0x1a4/0x4d8 worker_thread+0x14c/0x3fc kthread+0xe6/0x10c ? rescuer_thread+0x358/0x358 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x18/0x18 ret_from_fork+0x1c/0x28 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- The bug is trivial and should be fixed now. It has no impact on !HIGHMEM platforms.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.1.20-1CVE-2023-53144
Fixed in:6.1.20-1CVE-2023-53144
Fixed in:6.1.20-1CVE-2023-53144

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days
5thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 5% of all known CVEs.

References

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