CVE-2023-53491

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via Stack Protector Mismatch

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: start_kernel: Add __no_stack_protector function attribute Back during the discussion of commit a9a3ed1eff36 ("x86: Fix early boot crash on gcc-10, third try") we discussed the need for a function attribute to control the omission of stack protectors on a per-function basis; at the time Clang had support for no_stack_protector but GCC did not. This was fixed in gcc-11. Now that the function attribute is available, let's start using it. Callers of boot_init_stack_canary need to use this function attribute unless they're compiled with -fno-stack-protector, otherwise the canary stored in the stack slot of the caller will differ upon the call to boot_init_stack_canary. This will lead to a call to __stack_chk_fail() then panic.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 3.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (8)
linux/Kernel 2.6.30 - 6.4.4linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.30
Linux/Linux 2.6.30
Linux/Linux 420594296838fdc9a674470d710cda7d1487f9f4 - 25e73018b4093e0cfbcec5dc4a4bb86d0b69ed56
Linux/Linux 420594296838fdc9a674470d710cda7d1487f9f4 - 514ca14ed5444b911de59ed3381dfd195d99fe4b
Linux/Linux 6.4.4 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.5
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.30 - 6.4.4
Published Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026