CVE-2023-53341

of/fdt: run soc memory setup when early_init_dt_scan_memory fails

Medium · published September 17, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

of/fdt: run soc memory setup when early_init_dt_scan_memory fails

If memory has been found early_init_dt_scan_memory now returns 1. If

it hasn't found any memory it will return 0, allowing other memory

setup mechanisms to carry on.

Previously early_init_dt_scan_memory always returned 0 without

distinguishing between any kind of memory setup being done or not. Any

code path after the early_init_dt_scan memory call in the ramips

plat_mem_setup code wouldn't be executed anymore. Making

early_init_dt_scan_memory the only way to initialize the memory.

Some boards, including my mt7621 based Cudy X6 board, depend on memory

initialization being done via the soc_info.mem_detect function

pointer. Those wouldn't be able to obtain memory and panic the kernel

during early bootup with the message "early_init_dt_alloc_memory_arch:

Failed to allocate 12416 bytes align=0x40".

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00205 · 10.0th percentile
Published
2025-09-17T14:56Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 SEP 14:56Z
    of/fdt: run soc memory setup when early_init_dt_scan_memory fails
    cvelistv5