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CVE-2023-52797: drivers: perf: Check find_first_bit() return value

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: 0.28% (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 2c86b24095fcf72cf51bc72d12e4350163b4e11d, 45a0de41ec383c8b7c6d442734ba3852dd2fc4a7, c6e316ac05532febb0c966fa9b55f5258ed037be.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 2c86b24095fcf72cf51bc72d12e4350163b4e11d, 45a0de41ec383c8b7c6d442734ba3852dd2fc4a7, c6e316ac05532febb0c966fa9b55f5258ed037be 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: drivers: perf: Check find_first_bit() return value We must check the return value of find_first_bit() before using the return value as an index array since it happens to overflow the array and then panic: [ 107.318430] Kernel BUG [#1] [ 107.319434] CPU: 3 PID: 1238 Comm: kill Tainted: G E 6.6.0-rc6ubuntu-defconfig #2 [ 107.319465] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) [ 107.319551] epc : pmu_sbi_ovf_handler+0x3a4/0x3ae [ 107.319840] ra : pmu_sbi_ovf_handler+0x52/0x3ae [ 107.319868] epc : ffffffff80a0a77c ra : ffffffff80a0a42a sp : ffffaf83fecda350 [ 107.319884] gp : ffffffff823961a8 tp : ffffaf8083db1dc0 t0 : ffffaf83fecda480 [ 107.319899] t1 : ffffffff80cafe62 t2 : 000000000000ff00 s0 : ffffaf83fecda520 [ 107.319921] s1 : ffffaf83fecda380 a0 : 00000018fca29df0 a1 : ffffffffffffffff [ 107.319936] a2 : 0000000001073734 a3 : 0000000000000004 a4 : 0000000000000000 [ 107.319951] a5 : 0000000000000040 a6 : 000000001d1c8774 a7 : 0000000000504d55 [ 107.319965] s2 : ffffffff82451f10 s3 : ffffffff82724e70 s4 : 000000000000003f [ 107.319980] s5 : 0000000000000011 s6 : ffffaf8083db27c0 s7 : 0000000000000000 [ 107.319995] s8 : 0000000000000001 s9 : 00007fffb45d6558 s10: 00007fffb45d81a0 [ 107.320009] s11: ffffaf7ffff60000 t3 : 0000000000000004 t4 : 0000000000000000 [ 107.320023] t5 : ffffaf7f80000000 t6 : ffffaf8000000000 [ 107.320037] status: 0000000200000100 badaddr: 0000000000000000 cause: 0000000000000003 [ 107.320081] [<ffffffff80a0a77c>] pmu_sbi_ovf_handler+0x3a4/0x3ae [ 107.320112] [<ffffffff800b42d0>] handle_percpu_devid_irq+0x9e/0x1a0 [ 107.320131] [<ffffffff800ad92c>] generic_handle_domain_irq+0x28/0x36 [ 107.320148] [<ffffffff8065f9f8>] riscv_intc_irq+0x36/0x4e [ 107.320166] [<ffffffff80caf4a0>] handle_riscv_irq+0x54/0x86 [ 107.320189] [<ffffffff80cb0036>] do_irq+0x64/0x96 [ 107.320271] Code: 85a6 855e b097 ff7f 80e7 9220 b709 9002 4501 bbd9 (9002) 6097 [ 107.320585] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [ 107.320704] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt [ 107.320775] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs [ 107.321219] Kernel Offset: 0x0 from 0xffffffff80000000 [ 107.333051] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt ]---

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 21, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 20th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

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

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel5.18 and later · before 6.5.13
  • linux linux kernel6.6 and later · before 6.6.3

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

    • 5.18affected
    • 4905ec2fb7e6421c14c9fb7276f5aa92f60f2b98 and later · before 2c86b24095fcf72cf51bc72d12e4350163b4e11daffected · git
    • 4905ec2fb7e6421c14c9fb7276f5aa92f60f2b98 and later · before 45a0de41ec383c8b7c6d442734ba3852dd2fc4a7affected · git
    • 4905ec2fb7e6421c14c9fb7276f5aa92f60f2b98 and later · before c6e316ac05532febb0c966fa9b55f5258ed037beaffected · git
    • before 5.18not affected · semver
    • 6.5.13 and later · up to and including 6.5.*not affected · semver
    • 6.6.3 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
    • 6.7 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:12linuxfrom 0—
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.5.13-16.5.13-1

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-52795May 21, 2024 · vhost-vdpa: fix use after free in vhost_vdpa_probe()
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-52796May 21, 2024 · ipvlan: add ipvlan_route_v6_outbound() helper
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-52798May 21, 2024 · wifi: ath11k: fix dfs radar event locking
    35Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux2c86b24095fcf72cf51bc72d12e4350163b4e11dVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux45a0de41ec383c8b7c6d442734ba3852dd2fc4a7Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxc6e316ac05532febb0c966fa9b55f5258ed037beVendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.5.13-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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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.

  • CVE-2024-3949250 days apartmailbox: mtk-cmdq: Fix pm_runtime_get_sync() warning in mbox shutdown
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2021-473600 days apartbinder: make sure fd closes complete
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2023-526804 days apartALSA: scarlett2: Add missing error checks to *_ctl_get()
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2023-526874 days apartcrypto: safexcel - Add error handling for dma_map_sg() calls
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2023-526924 days apartALSA: scarlett2: Add missing error check to scarlett2_usb_set_config()
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2024-4206869 days apartbpf: Take return from set_memory_ro() into account with bpf_prog_lock_ro()
    22Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

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-252 · Unchecked Return Value

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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