CVE-2023-52568

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in SGX Page Fault Handler

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/sgx: Resolves SECS reclaim vs. page fault for EAUG race The SGX EPC reclaimer (ksgxd) may reclaim the SECS EPC page for an enclave and set secs.epc_page to NULL. The SECS page is used for EAUG and ELDU in the SGX page fault handler. However, the NULL check for secs.epc_page is only done for ELDU, not EAUG before being used. Fix this by doing the same NULL check and reloading of the SECS page as needed for both EAUG and ELDU. The SECS page holds global enclave metadata. It can only be reclaimed when there are no other enclave pages remaining. At that point, virtually nothing can be done with the enclave until the SECS page is paged back in. An enclave can not run nor generate page faults without a resident SECS page. But it is still possible for a #PF for a non-SECS page to race with paging out the SECS page: when the last resident non-SECS page A triggers a #PF in a non-resident page B, and then page A and the SECS both are paged out before the #PF on B is handled. Hitting this bug requires that race triggered with a #PF for EAUG. Following is a trace when it happens. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 RIP: 0010:sgx_encl_eaug_page+0xc7/0x210 Call Trace: ? __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x16a/0x440 ? xa_load+0x6e/0xa0 sgx_vma_fault+0x119/0x230 __do_fault+0x36/0x140 do_fault+0x12f/0x400 __handle_mm_fault+0x728/0x1110 handle_mm_fault+0x105/0x310 do_user_addr_fault+0x1ee/0x750 ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20 exc_page_fault+0x76/0x180 asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 13.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (10)
Linux/Linux < 6.0
Linux/Linux 5a90d2c3f5ef87717e54572af8426aba6fdbdaa6 - 1348f7f15d7c7798456856bee74a4235c2da994e
Linux/Linux 5a90d2c3f5ef87717e54572af8426aba6fdbdaa6 - 811ba2ef0cb6402672e64ba1419d6ef95aa3405d
Linux/Linux 5a90d2c3f5ef87717e54572af8426aba6fdbdaa6 - c6c2adcba50c2622ed25ba5d5e7f05f584711358
Linux/Linux 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.1.56 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.5.6 - 6.5.*
Linux/Linux 6.6
linux/linux_kernel 6.6 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.0 - 6.1.56
Published Mar 02, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026