{
  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2023-52504",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-52504"
  ],
  "published": "2024-03-02T21:53:07Z",
  "summary": "x86/alternatives: Disable KASAN in apply_alternatives()",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nx86/alternatives: Disable KASAN in apply_alternatives()\n\nFei has reported that KASAN triggers during apply_alternatives() on\na 5-level paging machine:\n\n\tBUG: KASAN: out-of-bounds in rcu_is_watching()\n\tRead of size 4 at addr ff110003ee6419a0 by task swapper/0/0\n\t...\n\t__asan_load4()\n\trcu_is_watching()\n\ttrace_hardirqs_on()\n\ttext_poke_early()\n\tapply_alternatives()\n\t...\n\nOn machines with 5-level paging, cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_LA57)\ngets patched. It includes KASAN code, where KASAN_SHADOW_START depends on\n__VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT, which is defined with cpu_feature_enabled().\n\nKASAN gets confused when apply_alternatives() patches the\nKASAN_SHADOW_START users. A test patch that makes KASAN_SHADOW_START\nstatic, by replacing __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT with 56, works around the issue.\n\nFix it for real by disabling KASAN while the kernel is patching alternatives.\n\n[ mingo: updated the changelog ]",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
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      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-2712",
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            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v6",
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            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7l",
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          },
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            "linux_commit": "655fc658a15ae7a6f37103754adb39ba52a9a14e",
            "upstream_version": "6.1.47",
            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
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            "compiled_filter": false
          }
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  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52504"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3719d3c36aa853d5a2401af9f8d6b116c91ad5ae"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3770c38cd6a60494da29ac2da73ff8156440a2d1"
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    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6788b10620ca6e98575d1e06e72a8974aad7657e"
    },
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      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecba5afe86f30605eb9dfb7f265a8de0218d4cfc"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b784489c8158518bf7a466bb3cc045b0fb66b4b"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd287cc208dfe6bd6da98e7f88e723209242c9b4"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d35652a5fc9944784f6f50a5c979518ff8dacf61"
    }
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  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-05-12T04:54:46Z"
  }
}