TI-2023-04941 Aliases CVE-2023-5370 GHSA-vf42-37cv-443p

arm64 boot CPUs may lack speculative execution protections

LOW 24CWE-665Published 2023-10-04 · Updated 2025-02-13

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · High · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

On CPU 0 the check for the SMCCC workaround is called before SMCCC support has been initialized. This resulted in no speculative execution workarounds being installed on CPU 0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00201 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed FreeBSD (FreeBSD): p4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
FreeBSD	FreeBSD	13.2-RELEASE to before p4	p4	Patch available	CNA

FreeBSD VendorFreeBSD Affected 13.2-RELEASE to before p4 Fixed in p4 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.2:-::::::	13.2	Vulnerable	FreeBSD

cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.2 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD

Remediation

Fix · CNA FreeBSD (FreeBSD) Fixed in p4

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2023-10-04
FreeBSD p4
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-04940 copy_file_range insufficient capability rights checkPriority LOW 33
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5370
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vf42-37cv-443p

References

Advisory 1

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-23:14.smccc.asc

Other 1

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231124-0005/

TI-2011-04182 Buffer overflow in libtelnet/encrypt.c in telnetd in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0, MIT… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2007-03684 Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2002-00376 Integer overflow in xdr_array function in RPC servers for operating systems that use… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-05929 Openssh: regresshion - race condition in ssh allows rce/dos CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2003-00437 Off-by-one error in the fb_realpath() function, as derived from the realpath function in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2003-00642 The prescan function in Sendmail 8.12.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0

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Sources

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