CVE-2023-53254

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Out-of-bounds Read in Cacheinfo Shared CPU Map Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map to handle shared caches at different levels The cacheinfo sets up the shared_cpu_map by checking whether the caches with the same index are shared between CPUs. However, this will trigger slab-out-of-bounds access if the CPUs do not have the same cache hierarchy. Another problem is the mismatched shared_cpu_map when the shared cache does not have the same index between CPUs. CPU0 I D L3 index 0 1 2 x ^ ^ ^ ^ index 0 1 2 3 CPU1 I D L2 L3 This patch checks each cache is shared with all caches on other CPUs.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (9)
Linux/Linux < 3.19
Linux/Linux 246246cbde5e840012f853e27630ebb59f409486 - 198102c9103fc78d8478495971947af77edb05c1
Linux/Linux 246246cbde5e840012f853e27630ebb59f409486 - 2f588d0345d69a35e451077afed428fd057a5e34
Linux/Linux 246246cbde5e840012f853e27630ebb59f409486 - dea49f2993f57d8a2df2cacb0bf649ef49b28879
Linux/Linux 3.19
Linux/Linux 6.1.18 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2.5 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux 6.3
linux/linux_kernel < 6.1.18
Published Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026