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prionPRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2023-52576
HistoryMar 02, 2024 - 10:15 p.m.

Spoofing

2024-03-0222:15:00
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linux kernel
vulnerability
ima_free_kexec_buffer
memblock_free_late
use after free
kasan
kfence
bug
kernel panic

7.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

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

x86/mm, kexec, ima: Use memblock_free_late() from ima_free_kexec_buffer()

The code calling ima_free_kexec_buffer() runs long after the memblock
allocator has already been torn down, potentially resulting in a use
after free in memblock_isolate_range().

With KASAN or KFENCE, this use after free will result in a BUG
from the idle task, and a subsequent kernel panic.

Switch ima_free_kexec_buffer() over to memblock_free_late() to avoid
that bug.

7.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%