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CVE-2023-52506: LoongArch: Set all reserved memblocks on Node#0 at initialization

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.22% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 19878758accf6b2788091a771d9f9fee7bab11ab, b795fb9f5861ee256070d59e33130980a01fadd7.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 19878758accf6b2788091a771d9f9fee7bab11ab, b795fb9f5861ee256070d59e33130980a01fadd7 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: Set all reserved memblocks on Node#0 at initialization After commit 61167ad5fecdea ("mm: pass nid to reserve_bootmem_region()") we get a panic if DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT is enabled: [ 0.000000] CPU 0 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000002b82, era == 90000000040e3f28, ra == 90000000040e3f18 [ 0.000000] Oops[#1]: [ 0.000000] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.5.0+ #733 [ 0.000000] pc 90000000040e3f28 ra 90000000040e3f18 tp 90000000046f4000 sp 90000000046f7c90 [ 0.000000] a0 0000000000000001 a1 0000000000200000 a2 0000000000000040 a3 90000000046f7ca0 [ 0.000000] a4 90000000046f7ca4 a5 0000000000000000 a6 90000000046f7c38 a7 0000000000000000 [ 0.000000] t0 0000000000000002 t1 9000000004b00ac8 t2 90000000040e3f18 t3 90000000040f0800 [ 0.000000] t4 00000000000f0000 t5 80000000ffffe07e t6 0000000000000003 t7 900000047fff5e20 [ 0.000000] t8 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaab u0 0000000000000018 s9 0000000000000000 s0 fffffefffe000000 [ 0.000000] s1 0000000000000000 s2 0000000000000080 s3 0000000000000040 s4 0000000000000000 [ 0.000000] s5 0000000000000000 s6 fffffefffe000000 s7 900000000470b740 s8 9000000004ad4000 [ 0.000000] ra: 90000000040e3f18 reserve_bootmem_region+0xec/0x21c [ 0.000000] ERA: 90000000040e3f28 reserve_bootmem_region+0xfc/0x21c [ 0.000000] CRMD: 000000b0 (PLV0 -IE -DA +PG DACF=CC DACM=CC -WE) [ 0.000000] PRMD: 00000000 (PPLV0 -PIE -PWE) [ 0.000000] EUEN: 00000000 (-FPE -SXE -ASXE -BTE) [ 0.000000] ECFG: 00070800 (LIE=11 VS=7) [ 0.000000] ESTAT: 00010800 [PIL] (IS=11 ECode=1 EsubCode=0) [ 0.000000] BADV: 0000000000002b82 [ 0.000000] PRID: 0014d000 (Loongson-64bit, Loongson-3A6000) [ 0.000000] Modules linked in: [ 0.000000] Process swapper (pid: 0, threadinfo=(____ptrval____), task=(____ptrval____)) [ 0.000000] Stack : 0000000000000000 9000000002eb5430 0000003a00000020 90000000045ccd00 [ 0.000000] 900000000470e000 90000000002c1918 0000000000000000 9000000004110780 [ 0.000000] 00000000fe6c0000 0000000480000000 9000000004b4e368 9000000004110748 [ 0.000000] 0000000000000000 900000000421ca84 9000000004620000 9000000004564970 [ 0.000000] 90000000046f7d78 9000000002cc9f70 90000000002c1918 900000000470e000 [ 0.000000] 9000000004564970 90000000040bc0e0 90000000046f7d78 0000000000000000 [ 0.000000] 0000000000004000 90000000045ccd00 0000000000000000 90000000002c1918 [ 0.000000] 90000000002c1900 900000000470b700 9000000004b4df78 9000000004620000 [ 0.000000] 90000000046200a8 90000000046200a8 0000000000000000 9000000004218b2c [ 0.000000] 9000000004270008 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 90000000045ccd00 [ 0.000000] ... [ 0.000000] Call Trace: [ 0.000000] [<90000000040e3f28>] reserve_bootmem_region+0xfc/0x21c [ 0.000000] [<900000000421ca84>] memblock_free_all+0x114/0x350 [ 0.000000] [<9000000004218b2c>] mm_core_init+0x138/0x3cc [ 0.000000] [<9000000004200e38>] start_kernel+0x488/0x7a4 [ 0.000000] [<90000000040df0d8>] kernel_entry+0xd8/0xdc [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] Code: 02eb21ad 00410f4c 380c31ac <262b818d> 6800b70d 02c1c196 0015001c 57fe4bb1 260002cd The reason is early memblock_reserve() in memblock_init() set node id to MAX_NUMNODES, making NODE_DATA(nid) a NULL dereference in the call chain reserve_bootmem_region() -> init_reserved_page(). After memblock_init(), those late calls of memblock_reserve() operate on subregions of memblock .memory regions. As a result, these reserved regions will be set to the correct node at the first iteration of memmap_init_reserved_pages(). So set all reserved memblocks on Node#0 at initialization can avoid this panic.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Mar 2, 2024
Updated
Aug 15, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 13th percentile

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22

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

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Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Affected versions

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  • linux linux kernelbefore 6.1.56
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.5.6
  • linux linux kernel6.6

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 6.5affected
    • 61167ad5fecdeaa037f3df1ba354dddd5f66a1ed and later · before 19878758accf6b2788091a771d9f9fee7bab11abaffected · git
    • 61167ad5fecdeaa037f3df1ba354dddd5f66a1ed and later · before b795fb9f5861ee256070d59e33130980a01fadd7affected · git
    • before 6.5not affected · semver
    • 6.5.6 and later · up to and including 6.5.*not affected · semver
    • 6.6 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.64-16.1.64-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.5.6-16.5.6-1

Same product

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    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux19878758accf6b2788091a771d9f9fee7bab11abVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxb795fb9f5861ee256070d59e33130980a01fadd7Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.64-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Timeline

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

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Chain candidates

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

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National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

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