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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-52504): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-52504): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/02/2024
Created
07/15/2024
Added
07/15/2024
Modified
07/15/2024

Description

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 ]

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1045-xilinx-zynqmp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1073-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1093-gkeop
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1110-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1114-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1125-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1126-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1130-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1131-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-186-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-186-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-186-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop-5-4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-osp1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp

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