CVE-2023-52995

riscv/kprobe: Fix instruction simulation of JALR

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 27, 2025 at 04:43 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv/kprobe: Fix instruction simulation of JALR Set kprobe at 'jalr 1140(ra)' of vfs_write results in the following crash: [ 32.092235] Unable to handle kernel access to user memory without uaccess routines at virtual address 00aaaaaad77b1170 [ 32.093115] Oops [#1] [ 32.093251] Modules linked in: [ 32.093626] CPU: 0 PID: 135 Comm: ftracetest Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2-00013-gb0aa5e5df0cb-dirty #16 [ 32.093985] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) [ 32.094280] epc : ksys_read+0x88/0xd6 [ 32.094855] ra : ksys_read+0xc0/0xd6 [ 32.095016] epc : ffffffff801cda80 ra : ffffffff801cdab8 sp : ff20000000d7bdc0 [ 32.095227] gp : ffffffff80f14000 tp : ff60000080f9cb40 t0 : ffffffff80f13e80 [ 32.095500] t1 : ffffffff8000c29c t2 : ffffffff800dbc54 s0 : ff20000000d7be60 [ 32.095716] s1 : 0000000000000000 a0 : ffffffff805a64ae a1 : ffffffff80a83708 [ 32.095921] a2 : ffffffff80f160a0 a3 : 0000000000000000 a4 : f229b0afdb165300 [ 32.096171] a5 : f229b0afdb165300 a6 : ffffffff80eeebd0 a7 : 00000000000003ff [ 32.096411] s2 : ff6000007ff76800 s3 : fffffffffffffff7 s4 : 00aaaaaad77b1170 [ 32.096638] s5 : ffffffff80f160a0 s6 : ff6000007ff76800 s7 : 0000000000000030 [ 32.096865] s8 : 00ffffffc3d97be0 s9 : 0000000000000007 s10: 00aaaaaad77c9410 [ 32.097092] s11: 0000000000000000 t3 : ffffffff80f13e48 t4 : ffffffff8000c29c [ 32.097317] t5 : ffffffff8000c29c t6 : ffffffff800dbc54 [ 32.097505] status: 0000000200000120 badaddr: 00aaaaaad77b1170 cause: 000000000000000d [ 32.098011] [<ffffffff801cdb72>] ksys_write+0x6c/0xd6 [ 32.098222] [<ffffffff801cdc06>] sys_write+0x2a/0x38 [ 32.098405] [<ffffffff80003c76>] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x2 Since the rs1 and rd might be the same one, such as 'jalr 1140(ra)', hence it requires obtaining the target address from rs1 followed by updating rd. [Palmer: Pick Guo's cleanup]

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.12 ≤ v < 5.15.915.12 ≤ v < 6.1.95.12 ≤ v < 6.25.16 ≤ v < 6.1.95.126.2 rc16.2 rc26.2 rc36.2 rc46.2 rc5c22b0bcb1dd024cb9caad9230e3a387d8b061df5
Vendor states this is fixed in 614471b7f7cd28a2c96ab9c90b37471c82258ffb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ca0254998be4d74cf6add70ccfab0d2dbd362a10 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f4c8fc775fcbc9e9047b22671c55ca18f9a127d4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.91 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2 (unaffected)

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/614471b7f7cd28a2c96ab9c90b37471c82258ffb
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca0254998be4d74cf6add70ccfab0d2dbd362a10
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4c8fc775fcbc9e9047b22671c55ca18f9a127d4

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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