In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/alternatives: Disable KASAN in apply_alternatives() Fei has reported that KASAN triggers during apply_alternatives() on a 5-level paging machine: BUG: KASAN: out-of-bounds in rcu_is_watching() Read of size 4 at addr ff110003ee6419a0 by task swapper/0/0 ... __asan_load4() rcu_is_watching() trace_hardirqs_on() text_poke_early() apply_alternatives() ... On machines with 5-level paging, cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_LA57) gets patched. It includes KASAN code, where KASAN_SHADOW_START depends on __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT, which is defined with cpu_feature_enabled(). KASAN gets confused when apply_alternatives() patches the KASAN_SHADOW_START users. A test patch that makes KASAN_SHADOW_START static, by replacing __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT with 56, works around the issue. Fix it for real by disabling KASAN while the kernel is patching alternatives. [ mingo: updated the changelog ]
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-03-02T21:52:18.500Z

Updated: 2024-11-04T14:48:09.122Z

Reserved: 2024-02-20T12:30:33.314Z

Link: CVE-2023-52504

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:03:20.409Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-03-02T22:15:47.300

Modified: 2024-03-04T13:58:23.447

Link: CVE-2023-52504

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-03-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-52504 - Bugzilla