CVE-2023-53254CWE-125

CVE-2023-53254

High · published September 15, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map to handle shared caches at different levels

The cacheinfo sets up the shared_cpu_map by checking whether the caches

with the same index are shared between CPUs. However, this will trigger

slab-out-of-bounds access if the CPUs do not have the same cache hierarchy.

Another problem is the mismatched shared_cpu_map when the shared cache does

not have the same index between CPUs.

CPU0 I D L3

index 0 1 2 x

^ ^ ^ ^

index 0 1 2 3

CPU1 I D L2 L3

This patch checks each cache is shared with all caches on other CPUs.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00154 · 4.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2025-09-15T19:15Z
Affected products (2)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel< 6.1.186.1.18
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.2.56.2.5
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 SEP 14:46Z
    cacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map to handle shared caches at different levels
    cvelistv5