m68k: Only force 030 bus error if PC not in exception table
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: m68k: Only force 030 bus error if PC not in exception table __get_kernel_nofault() does copy data in supervisor mode when forcing a task backtrace log through /proc/sysrq_trigger. This is expected cause a bus error exception on e.g. NULL pointer dereferencing when logging a kernel task has no workqueue associated. This bus error ought to be ignored. Our 030 bus error handler is ill equipped to deal with this: Whenever ssw indicates a kernel mode access on a data fault, we don't even attempt to handle the fault and instead always send a SEGV signal (or panic). As a result, the check for exception handling at the fault PC (buried in send_sig_fault() which gets called from do_page_fault() eventually) is never used. In contrast, both 040 and 060 access error handlers do not care whether a fault happened on supervisor mode access, and will call do_page_fault() on those, ultimately honoring the exception table. Add a check in bus_error030 to call do_page_fault() in case we do have an entry for the fault PC in our exception table. I had attempted a fix for this earlier in 2019 that did rely on testing pagefault_disabled() (see link below) to achieve the same thing, but this patch should be more generic. Tested on 030 Atari Falcon.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| Linux | Linux | 2.6.18 and later | 4.14.312, 4.19.280, 5.4.240, 5.10.177, 5.15.105, 6.1.22, 6.2.9, 6.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 2.6.18 and later Fixed in 4.14.312, 4.19.280, 5.4.240, 5.10.177, 5.15.105, 6.1.22, 6.2.9, 6.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.14.312, 4.19.280, 5.4.240, 5.10.177, 5.15.105, 6.1.22, 6.2.9, 6.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-54232
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gvjr-wrwm-xp44
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a6059f5ed57f48edfe7159404ff7d538d9d405b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f55cb52ec98b22125f5bda36391edb8894f7e8cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2100e374251a8fc00cce1916cfc50f3cb652cbe3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df1da53a7e98f0b2a0eb2241c154f148f2f2c1d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bf8d5dade4c5e1d8a2386f29253ed28b5d87735
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54fa25ffab2b700df5abd58c136d64a912c53953
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec15405b80fc15ffc87a23d01378ae061c1aba07
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e36a82bebbf7da814530d5a179bef9df5934b717
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Sources
- CVE-2023-54232 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-54232 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gvjr-wrwm-xp44 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-54232 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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