Vulnerability · Published May 2, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-53108net/iucv: Fix size of interrupt data

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/iucv: Fix size of interrupt data iucv_irq_data needs to be 4 bytes larger. These bytes are not used by the iucv module, but written by the z/VM hypervisor in case a CPU is deconfigured. Reported as: BUG dma-kmalloc-64 (Not tainted): kmalloc Redzone overwritten ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0x0000000000400564-0x0000000000400567 @offset=1380. First byte 0x80 instead of 0xcc Allocated in iucv_cpu_prepare+0x44/0xd0 age=167839 cpu=2 pid=1 __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x166/0x450 kmalloc_node_trace+0x3a/0x70 iucv_cpu_prepare+0x44/0xd0 cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x156/0x2f0 cpuhp_issue_call+0xf0/0x298 __cpuhp_setup_state_cpuslocked+0x136/0x338 __cpuhp_setup_state+0xf4/0x288 iucv_init+0xf4/0x280 do_one_initcall+0x78/0x390 do_initcalls+0x11a/0x140 kernel_init_freeable+0x25e/0x2a0 kernel_init+0x2e/0x170 __ret_from_fork+0x3c/0x58 ret_from_fork+0xa/0x40 Freed in iucv_init+0x92/0x280 age=167839 cpu=2 pid=1 __kmem_cache_free+0x308/0x358 iucv_init+0x92/0x280 do_one_initcall+0x78/0x390 do_initcalls+0x11a/0x140 kernel_init_freeable+0x25e/0x2a0 kernel_init+0x2e/0x170 __ret_from_fork+0x3c/0x58 ret_from_fork+0xa/0x40 Slab 0x0000037200010000 objects=32 used=30 fp=0x0000000000400640 flags=0x1ffff00000010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=0| Object 0x0000000000400540 @offset=1344 fp=0x0000000000000000 Redzone 0000000000400500: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ................ Redzone 0000000000400510: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ................ Redzone 0000000000400520: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ................ Redzone 0000000000400530: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ................ Object 0000000000400540: 00 01 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ Object 0000000000400550: f3 86 81 f2 f4 82 f8 82 f0 f0 f0 f0 f0 f0 f0 f2 ................ Object 0000000000400560: 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ................ Object 0000000000400570: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ................ Redzone 0000000000400580: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc ........ Padding 00000000004005d4: 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Padding 00000000004005e4: 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Padding 00000000004005f4: 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZ CPU: 6 PID: 121030 Comm: 116-pai-crypto. Not tainted 6.3.0-20230221.rc0.git4.99b8246b2d71.300.fc37.s390x+debug #1 Hardware name: IBM 3931 A01 704 (z/VM 7.3.0) Call Trace: [<000000032aa034ec>] dump_stack_lvl+0xac/0x100 [<0000000329f5a6cc>] check_bytes_and_report+0x104/0x140 [<0000000329f5aa78>] check_object+0x370/0x3c0 [<0000000329f5ede6>] free_debug_processing+0x15e/0x348 [<0000000329f5f06a>] free_to_partial_list+0x9a/0x2f0 [<0000000329f5f4a4>] __slab_free+0x1e4/0x3a8 [<0000000329f61768>] __kmem_cache_free+0x308/0x358 [<000000032a91465c>] iucv_cpu_dead+0x6c/0x88 [<0000000329c2fc66>] cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x156/0x2f0 [<000000032aa062da>] _cpu_down.constprop.0+0x22a/0x5e0 [<0000000329c3243e>] cpu_device_down+0x4e/0x78 [<000000032a61dee0>] device_offline+0xc8/0x118 [<000000032a61e048>] online_store+0x60/0xe0 [<000000032a08b6b0>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x150/0x1e8 [<0000000329fab65c>] vfs_write+0x174/0x360 [<0000000329fab9fc>] ksys_write+0x74/0x100 [<000000032aa03a5a>] __do_syscall+0x1da/0x208 [<000000032aa177b2>] system_call+0x82/0xb0 INFO: lockdep is turned off. FIX dma-kmalloc-64: Restoring kmalloc Redzone 0x0000000000400564-0x0000000000400567=0xcc FIX dma-kmalloc-64: Object at 0x0000000000400540 not freed

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53108
Debian:13linux6.1.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53108
Debian:14linux6.1.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-79.86UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1042.47UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1045.52UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1045.52.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1039.47UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1039.44UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1025.30UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1035.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1037.42UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1039.44UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-79.88UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1030.30UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1002.2UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1040.46UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1035.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1025.29UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53108

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 2356f4cb191100a5e92d537f13e5efdbc697e9cb – before a908eae0f71811afee86be7088692f1aa5855c3b2356f4cb191100a5e92d537f13e5efdbc697e9cb – before b0d2bb5e31a693ebc8888eb407f8a257a3680efa2356f4cb191100a5e92d537f13e5efdbc697e9cb – before 71da5991b6438ad6da13ceb25465ee2760a1c52f2356f4cb191100a5e92d537f13e5efdbc697e9cb – before bd2e78462ae18484e55ae4d285df2c86b86bdd122356f4cb191100a5e92d537f13e5efdbc697e9cb – before 3cfdefdaaa4b2a77e84d0db5e0a47a7aa3bb615a2356f4cb191100a5e92d537f13e5efdbc697e9cb – before c78f1345db4e4b3b78f9b768f4074ebd60abe9662356f4cb191100a5e92d537f13e5efdbc697e9cb – before 93a970494881004c348d8feb38463ee72496e99a2356f4cb191100a5e92d537f13e5efdbc697e9cb – before 3d87debb8ed2649608ff432699e7c961c0c6f03b
Linux Linux 2.6.21

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