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CVE-2023-53706— mm/vmemmap/devdax: fix kernel crash when probing devdax devices

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Affected
Linux Linux
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No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于vmemmap映射创建方式未考虑架构特定映射，可能导致内核崩溃。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Moderate EPSS 0.20% · P9

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1055 · Process Injection

Affected Version Matrix 8

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 4917f55b4ef963e2d2288fe4eb651728be8db406< 87349cf6818c4a0be00d49a13572f20a9e17887d affected
4917f55b4ef963e2d2288fe4eb651728be8db406< 8f4603588acf5807aa1f1b4b1ea2b0365acd71f0 affected
4917f55b4ef963e2d2288fe4eb651728be8db406< 87a7ae75d7383afa998f57656d1d14e2a730cc47 affected
5.19 affected
< 5.19 unaffected
6.1.184≤ 6.1.* unaffected
6.3.5≤ 6.3.* unaffected
6.4≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-53706

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Vulnerability Title
mm/vmemmap/devdax: fix kernel crash when probing devdax devices
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/vmemmap/devdax: fix kernel crash when probing devdax devices commit 4917f55b4ef9 ("mm/sparse-vmemmap: improve memory savings for compound devmaps") added support for using optimized vmmemap for devdax devices. But how vmemmap mappings are created are architecture specific. For example, powerpc with hash translation doesn't have vmemmap mappings in init_mm page table instead they are bolted table entries in the hardware page table vmemmap_populate_compound_pages() used by vmemmap optimization code is not aware of these architecture-specific mapping. Hence allow architecture to opt for this feature. I selected architectures supporting HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP option as also supporting this feature. This patch fixes the below crash on ppc64. BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access on write at 0xc00c000100400038 Faulting instruction address: 0xc000000001269d90 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Hash SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA pSeries Modules linked in: CPU: 7 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.3.0-rc5-150500.34-default+ #2 5c90a668b6bbd142599890245c2fb5de19d7d28a Hardware name: IBM,9009-42G POWER9 (raw) 0x4e0202 0xf000005 of:IBM,FW950.40 (VL950_099) hv:phyp pSeries NIP: c000000001269d90 LR: c0000000004c57d4 CTR: 0000000000000000 REGS: c000000003632c30 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (6.3.0-rc5-150500.34-default+) MSR: 8000000000009033 <SF,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 24842228 XER: 00000000 CFAR: c0000000004c57d0 DAR: c00c000100400038 DSISR: 42000000 IRQMASK: 0 .... NIP [c000000001269d90] __init_single_page.isra.74+0x14/0x4c LR [c0000000004c57d4] __init_zone_device_page+0x44/0xd0 Call Trace: [c000000003632ed0] [c000000003632f60] 0xc000000003632f60 (unreliable) [c000000003632f10] [c0000000004c5ca0] memmap_init_zone_device+0x170/0x250 [c000000003632fe0] [c0000000005575f8] memremap_pages+0x2c8/0x7f0 [c0000000036330c0] [c000000000557b5c] devm_memremap_pages+0x3c/0xa0 [c000000003633100] [c000000000d458a8] dev_dax_probe+0x108/0x3e0 [c0000000036331a0] [c000000000d41430] dax_bus_probe+0xb0/0x140 [c0000000036331d0] [c000000000cef27c] really_probe+0x19c/0x520 [c000000003633260] [c000000000cef6b4] __driver_probe_device+0xb4/0x230 [c0000000036332e0] [c000000000cef888] driver_probe_device+0x58/0x120 [c000000003633320] [c000000000cefa6c] __device_attach_driver+0x11c/0x1e0 [c0000000036333a0] [c000000000cebc58] bus_for_each_drv+0xa8/0x130 [c000000003633400] [c000000000ceefcc] __device_attach+0x15c/0x250 [c0000000036334a0] [c000000000ced458] bus_probe_device+0x108/0x110 [c0000000036334f0] [c000000000ce92dc] device_add+0x7fc/0xa10 [c0000000036335b0] [c000000000d447c8] devm_create_dev_dax+0x1d8/0x530 [c000000003633640] [c000000000d46b60] __dax_pmem_probe+0x200/0x270 [c0000000036337b0] [c000000000d46bf0] dax_pmem_probe+0x20/0x70 [c0000000036337d0] [c000000000d2279c] nvdimm_bus_probe+0xac/0x2b0 [c000000003633860] [c000000000cef27c] really_probe+0x19c/0x520 [c0000000036338f0] [c000000000cef6b4] __driver_probe_device+0xb4/0x230 [c000000003633970] [c000000000cef888] driver_probe_device+0x58/0x120 [c0000000036339b0] [c000000000cefd08] __driver_attach+0x1d8/0x240 [c000000003633a30] [c000000000cebb04] bus_for_each_dev+0xb4/0x130 [c000000003633a90] [c000000000cee564] driver_attach+0x34/0x50 [c000000003633ab0] [c000000000ced878] bus_add_driver+0x218/0x300 [c000000003633b40] [c000000000cf1144] driver_register+0xa4/0x1b0 [c000000003633bb0] [c000000000d21a0c] __nd_driver_register+0x5c/0x100 [c000000003633c10] [c00000000206a2e8] dax_pmem_init+0x34/0x48 [c000000003633c30] [c0000000000132d0] do_one_initcall+0x60/0x320 [c000000003633d00] [c0000000020051b0] kernel_init_freeable+0x360/0x400 [c000000003633de0] [c000000000013764] kernel_init+0x34/0x1d0 [c000000003633e50] [c00000000000de14] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于vmemmap映射创建方式未考虑架构特定映射，可能导致内核崩溃。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux 4917f55b4ef963e2d2288fe4eb651728be8db406 ~ 87349cf6818c4a0be00d49a13572f20a9e17887d -
Linux Linux 5.19 -

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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-10-22 · 67 CVEs total

CVE-2023-53711 8.2 HIGH NFS: Fix a potential data corruption
CVE-2023-53705 8.2 HIGH ipv6: Fix out-of-bounds access in ipv6_find_tlv()
CVE-2023-53707 7.8 HIGH drm/amdgpu: Fix integer overflow in amdgpu_cs_pass1
CVE-2023-53718 7.8 HIGH ring-buffer: Do not swap cpu_buffer during resize process
CVE-2022-50569 7.8 HIGH xfrm: Update ipcomp_scratches with NULL when freed
CVE-2022-50570 7.8 HIGH platform/chrome: fix memory corruption in ioctl
CVE-2022-50567 7.8 HIGH fs: jfs: fix shift-out-of-bounds in dbAllocAG
CVE-2023-53692 7.8 HIGH ext4: fix use-after-free read in ext4_find_extent for bigalloc + inline
CVE-2022-50581 7.8 HIGH hfs: fix OOB Read in __hfs_brec_find
CVE-2023-53695 7.8 HIGH udf: Detect system inodes linked into directory hierarchy
CVE-2023-53698 7.8 HIGH xsk: fix refcount underflow in error path
CVE-2023-53729 7.8 HIGH soc: qcom: qmi_encdec: Restrict string length in decode
CVE-2023-53713 7.8 HIGH arm64: sme: Use STR P to clear FFR context field in streaming SVE mode
CVE-2023-53726 7.1 HIGH arm64: csum: Fix OoB access in IP checksum code for negative lengths
CVE-2023-53704 clk: imx: clk-imx8mp: improve error handling in imx8mp_clocks_probe()
CVE-2023-53702 s390/crypto: use vector instructions only if available for ChaCha20
CVE-2023-53714 drm/stm: ltdc: fix late dereference check
CVE-2023-53708 ACPI: x86: s2idle: Catch multiple ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE objects
CVE-2023-53712 ARM: 9317/1: kexec: Make smp stop calls asynchronous
CVE-2023-53719 serial: arc_uart: fix of_iomap leak in `arc_serial_probe`

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