In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/x86/lbr: Filter vsyscall addresses We found that a panic can occur when a vsyscall is made while LBR sampling is active. If the vsyscall is interrupted (NMI) for perf sampling, this call sequence can occur (most recent at top): __insn_get_emulate_prefix() insn_get_emulate_prefix() insn_get_prefixes() insn_get_opcode() decode_branch_type() get_branch_type() intel_pmu_lbr_filter() intel_pmu_handle_irq() perf_event_nmi_handler() Within __insn_get_emulate_prefix() at frame 0, a macro is called: peek_nbyte_next(insn_byte_t, insn, i) Within this macro, this dereference occurs: (insn)->next_byte Inspecting registers at this point, the value of the next_byte field is the address of the vsyscall made, for example the location of the vsyscall version of gettimeofday() at 0xffffffffff600000. The access to an address in the vsyscall region will trigger an oops due to an unhandled page fault. To fix the bug, filtering for vsyscalls can be done when determining the branch type. This patch will return a "none" branch if a kernel address if found to lie in the vsyscall region.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-02-29T05:43:09.475Z

Updated: 2024-12-19T08:20:32.106Z

Reserved: 2024-02-20T12:30:33.298Z

Link: CVE-2023-52476

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:03:19.936Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-02-29T06:15:45.820

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:39:51.500

Link: CVE-2023-52476

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-02-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-52476 - Bugzilla