Linux Kernel up to 5.15.139/6.1.63/6.5.12/6.6.2 amdkfd out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.139/6.1.63/6.5.12/6.6.2 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component amdkfd. Performing a manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-52816. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.139/6.1.63/6.5.12/6.6.2. This affects an unknown part of the component amdkfd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Fix shift out-of-bounds issue [ 567.613292] shift exponent 255 is too large for 64-bit type 'long unsigned int' [ 567.614498] CPU: 5 PID: 238 Comm: kworker/5:1 Tainted: G OE 6.2.0-34-generic #34~22.04.1-Ubuntu [ 567.614502] Hardware name: AMD Splinter/Splinter-RPL, BIOS WS43927N_871 09/25/2023 [ 567.614504] Workqueue: events send_exception_work_handler [amdgpu] [ 567.614748] Call Trace: [ 567.614750] [ 567.614753] dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x70 [ 567.614761] dump_stack+0x10/0x20 [ 567.614763] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x156/0x310 [ 567.614769] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 567.614773] ? update_sd_lb_stats.constprop.0+0xf2/0x3c0 [ 567.614780] svm_range_split_by_granularity.cold+0x2b/0x34 [amdgpu] [ 567.615047] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 567.615052] svm_migrate_to_ram+0x185/0x4d0 [amdgpu] [ 567.615286] do_swap_page+0x7b6/0xa30 [ 567.615291] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 567.615294] ? __free_pages+0x119/0x130 [ 567.615299] handle_pte_fault+0x227/0x280 [ 567.615303] __handle_mm_fault+0x3c0/0x720 [ 567.615311] handle_mm_fault+0x119/0x330 [ 567.615314] ? lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x44/0x250 [ 567.615318] do_user_addr_fault+0x1a9/0x640 [ 567.615323] exc_page_fault+0x81/0x1b0 [ 567.615328] asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30 [ 567.615332] RIP: 0010:__get_user_8+0x1c/0x30

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-52816 since 05/21/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 276407 (TencentOS Server 4: kernel (TSSA-2025:0047)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.15.140, 6.1.64, 6.5.13 or 6.6.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 3f7a400d5e80/2806f8803792/d33a35b13cbf/56649c43d40c/282c1d793076 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (276407). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.15.139
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
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• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.1.16
• 6.1.17
• 6.1.18
• 6.1.19
• 6.1.20
• 6.1.21
• 6.1.22
• 6.1.23
• 6.1.24
• 6.1.25
• 6.1.26
• 6.1.27
• 6.1.28
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• 6.1.30
• 6.1.31
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• 6.1.33
• 6.1.34
• 6.1.35
• 6.1.36
• 6.1.37
• 6.1.38
• 6.1.39
• 6.1.40
• 6.1.41
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• 6.1.53
• 6.1.54
• 6.1.55
• 6.1.56
• 6.1.57
• 6.1.58
• 6.1.59
• 6.1.60
• 6.1.61
• 6.1.62
• 6.1.63
• 6.5.0
• 6.5.1
• 6.5.2
• 6.5.3
• 6.5.4
• 6.5.5
• 6.5.6
• 6.5.7
• 6.5.8
• 6.5.9
• 6.5.10
• 6.5.11
• 6.5.12
• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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