In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

rcu: Avoid stack overflow due to __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() being kprobe-ed

Registering a kprobe on __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() can cause kernel
stack overflow as shown below. This issue can be reproduced by enabling
CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL and booting the kernel with argument "nohz_full=",
and then giving the following commands at the shell prompt:

# cd /sys/kernel/tracing/
# echo 'p:mp1 __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick' >> kprobe_events
# echo 1 > events/kprobes/enable

This commit therefore adds __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() to the kprobes
blacklist using NOKPROBE_SYMBOL().

Insufficient stack space to handle exception!
ESR: 0x00000000f2000004 -- BRK (AArch64)
FAR: 0x0000ffffccf3e510
Task stack: [0xffff80000ad30000..0xffff80000ad38000]
IRQ stack: [0xffff800008050000..0xffff800008058000]
Overflow stack: [0xffff089c36f9f310..0xffff089c36fa0310]
CPU: 5 PID: 190 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2-00320-g1f5abbd77e2c #19
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
pstate: 400003c5 (nZcv DAIF -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
lr : ct_nmi_enter+0x11c/0x138
sp : ffff80000ad30080
x29: ffff80000ad30080 x28: ffff089c82e20000 x27: 0000000000000000
x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffff089c02a8d100 x24: 0000000000000000
x23: 00000000400003c5 x22: 0000ffffccf3e510 x21: ffff089c36fae148
x20: ffff80000ad30120 x19: ffffa8da8fcce148 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: ffffa8da8e44ea6c
x14: ffffa8da8e44e968 x13: ffffa8da8e03136c x12: 1fffe113804d6809
x11: ffff6113804d6809 x10: 0000000000000a60 x9 : dfff800000000000
x8 : ffff089c026b404f x7 : 00009eec7fb297f7 x6 : 0000000000000001
x5 : ffff80000ad30120 x4 : dfff800000000000 x3 : ffffa8da8e3016f4
x2 : 0000000000000003 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000
Kernel panic - not syncing: kernel stack overflow
CPU: 5 PID: 190 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2-00320-g1f5abbd77e2c #19
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0xf8/0x108
show_stack+0x20/0x30
dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84
dump_stack+0x1c/0x38
panic+0x214/0x404
add_taint+0x0/0xf8
panic_bad_stack+0x144/0x160
handle_bad_stack+0x38/0x58
__bad_stack+0x78/0x7c
__rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
arm64_enter_el1_dbg.isra.0+0x14/0x20
el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90
el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8
el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68
__rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
arm64_enter_el1_dbg.isra.0+0x14/0x20
el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90
el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8
el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68
__rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
arm64_enter_el1_dbg.isra.0+0x14/0x20
el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90
el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8
el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68
__rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
[...]
el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90
el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8
el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68
__rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
arm64_enter_el1_dbg.isra.0+0x14/0x20
el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90
el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8
el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68
__rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
arm64_enter_el1_dbg.isra.0+0x14/0x20
el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90
el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8
el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68
__rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
el1_interrupt+0x28/0x60
el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x28
el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68
__ftrace_set_clr_event_nolock+0x98/0x198
__ftrace_set_clr_event+0x58/0x80
system_enable_write+0x144/0x178
vfs_write+0x174/0x738
ksys_write+0xd0/0x188
__arm64_sys_write+0x4c/0x60
invoke_syscall+0x64/0x180
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x84/0x160
do_el0_svc+0x48/0xe8
el0_svc+0x34/0xd0
el0t_64_sync_handler+0xb8/0xc0
el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
SMP: stopping secondary CPUs
Kernel Offset: 0x28da86000000 from 0xffff800008000000
PHYS_OFFSET: 0xfffff76600000000
CPU features: 0x00000,01a00100,0000421b
Memory Limit: none

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00045.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
aaf2bc50df1f4bfc6857fc601fc7b21d5a18c6a1 affected < eb18bc5a8678f431c500e6da1b8b5f34478d5bc1
aaf2bc50df1f4bfc6857fc601fc7b21d5a18c6a1 affected < 4c3d1a6720aefb02403ddfebe85db521d3af2c3b
aaf2bc50df1f4bfc6857fc601fc7b21d5a18c6a1 affected < c8a3341b339285495cf7c8d061d659465f2311e0
aaf2bc50df1f4bfc6857fc601fc7b21d5a18c6a1 affected < 93b6295f677d96b73cfcb703532f6c7369a60d96
aaf2bc50df1f4bfc6857fc601fc7b21d5a18c6a1 affected < 7b5a97333e920b69356e097f185bdc51d61e66ee
aaf2bc50df1f4bfc6857fc601fc7b21d5a18c6a1 affected < 7a29fb4a4771124bc61de397dbfc1554dbbcc19c
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
5.8 affected —
0 unaffected < 5.8
5.10.180 unaffected ≤ 5.10.*
5.15.111 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
6.1.28 unaffected ≤ 6.1.*
6.2.15 unaffected ≤ 6.2.*
6.3.2 unaffected ≤ 6.3.*
6.4 unaffected ≤ *

Configuration 1 [-]

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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History

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-674
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
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 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rcu: Avoid stack overflow due to __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() being kprobe-ed Registering a kprobe on __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() can cause kernel stack overflow as shown below. This issue can be reproduced by enabling CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL and booting the kernel with argument "nohz_full=", and then giving the following commands at the shell prompt: # cd /sys/kernel/tracing/ # echo 'p:mp1 __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick' >> kprobe_events # echo 1 > events/kprobes/enable This commit therefore adds __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() to the kprobes blacklist using NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(). Insufficient stack space to handle exception! ESR: 0x00000000f2000004 -- BRK (AArch64) FAR: 0x0000ffffccf3e510 Task stack: [0xffff80000ad30000..0xffff80000ad38000] IRQ stack: [0xffff800008050000..0xffff800008058000] Overflow stack: [0xffff089c36f9f310..0xffff089c36fa0310] CPU: 5 PID: 190 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2-00320-g1f5abbd77e2c #19 Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) pstate: 400003c5 (nZcv DAIF -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8 lr : ct_nmi_enter+0x11c/0x138 sp : ffff80000ad30080 x29: ffff80000ad30080 x28: ffff089c82e20000 x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffff089c02a8d100 x24: 0000000000000000 x23: 00000000400003c5 x22: 0000ffffccf3e510 x21: ffff089c36fae148 x20: ffff80000ad30120 x19: ffffa8da8fcce148 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: ffffa8da8e44ea6c x14: ffffa8da8e44e968 x13: ffffa8da8e03136c x12: 1fffe113804d6809 x11: ffff6113804d6809 x10: 0000000000000a60 x9 : dfff800000000000 x8 : ffff089c026b404f x7 : 00009eec7fb297f7 x6 : 0000000000000001 x5 : ffff80000ad30120 x4 : dfff800000000000 x3 : ffffa8da8e3016f4 x2 : 0000000000000003 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000 Kernel panic - not syncing: kernel stack overflow CPU: 5 PID: 190 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2-00320-g1f5abbd77e2c #19 Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) Call trace: dump_backtrace+0xf8/0x108 show_stack+0x20/0x30 dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84 dump_stack+0x1c/0x38 panic+0x214/0x404 add_taint+0x0/0xf8 panic_bad_stack+0x144/0x160 handle_bad_stack+0x38/0x58 __bad_stack+0x78/0x7c __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8 arm64_enter_el1_dbg.isra.0+0x14/0x20 el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90 el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8 el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68 __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8 arm64_enter_el1_dbg.isra.0+0x14/0x20 el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90 el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8 el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68 __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8 arm64_enter_el1_dbg.isra.0+0x14/0x20 el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90 el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8 el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68 __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8 [...] el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90 el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8 el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68 __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8 arm64_enter_el1_dbg.isra.0+0x14/0x20 el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90 el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8 el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68 __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8 arm64_enter_el1_dbg.isra.0+0x14/0x20 el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90 el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8 el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68 __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8 el1_interrupt+0x28/0x60 el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x28 el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68 __ftrace_set_clr_event_nolock+0x98/0x198 __ftrace_set_clr_event+0x58/0x80 system_enable_write+0x144/0x178 vfs_write+0x174/0x738 ksys_write+0xd0/0x188 __arm64_sys_write+0x4c/0x60 invoke_syscall+0x64/0x180 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x84/0x160 do_el0_svc+0x48/0xe8 el0_svc+0x34/0xd0 el0t_64_sync_handler+0xb8/0xc0 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 SMP: stopping secondary CPUs Kernel Offset: 0x28da86000000 from 0xffff800008000000 PHYS_OFFSET: 0xfffff76600000000 CPU features: 0x00000,01a00100,0000421b Memory Limit: none
Title rcu: Avoid stack overflow due to __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() being kprobe-ed
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-07T15:21:16.889Z

Reserved: 2025-10-07T15:16:59.661Z

Link: CVE-2023-53655

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-10-07T16:15:49.090

Modified: 2026-02-03T22:24:14.610

Link: CVE-2023-53655

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-10-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53655 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2025-10-08T13:36:38Z

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