Improper error handling in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53073

Vulnerability identifier: #VU108489

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53073

CWE-ID: CWE-388

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling within the amd_pmu_v2_handle_irq() function in arch/x86/events/amd/core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_27-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
kernel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-source
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt
kernel-rt_debug
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-livepatch-devel

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.1.22
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.7.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_110-default - update to 1-150500.11.7.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_27-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.7.1
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-265.0.0.167, 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-265.0.0.168
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.97.1
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/263f5ecaf7080513efc248ec739b6d9e00f4129f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d4c7b1f12e101d6d6253092588b127416ddfb6c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab33a8f7649b0324639a336e1081aaea51a4523e
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.22

• Improper error handling in Linux kernel events amd
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for kernel
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP3 update for kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel